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Sale 2708 - Lot 95

Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Jonathan Mayhew. Practical Discourses Delivered on Occasion of the Earthquakes in November, 1755. [6], 377, [2] pages. 8vo, later calf, moderate wear, boards detached; ownership label on front pastedown of the author's grandson Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1792-1854). Boston: Richard Draper, 1760
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Three dramatic earthquakes struck in late 1755: a ferocious 1 November earthquake which destroyed much of Lisbon, Portugal; an 18 November earthquake off the coast of Massachusetts which was the most severe in the state's history; and another deadly quake in Morocco on 29 November. With the science behind earthquakes still largely unknown, this series of 13 sermons by a Boston Congregationalist minister offers a theological response to these catastrophic events. Evans 8667; Sabin 47143 (neither calling for the final ad leaf). Only one other traced at auction since a Swann sale, 11 September 1997.

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