Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 1,140
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Mather, Samuel. The Life of the Very Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather. 8vo, modern full calf; minor dampstaining and wear, apparently bound with the three final blanks in the front rather than back; early owners' signatures on flyleaf and title page. Boston: Samuel Gerrish, 1729
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first edition. A biography which also includes a long bibliography of Mather's works, and two ad leaves soliciting subscriptions for Mather's massive Biblia Americana (which is only just now in 2011 being published). The original owner was Grafton Feveryeare, whose mellifluous name appears on the subscriber list, and whose signature graces the title page. Evans 3188; Howes M409 ("aa"); Sabin 46799.