Sep 27, 2018 - Sale 2486

Sale 2486 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Mather, Samuel. The Life of the Very Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather. [4], iv, 6, 10, 186 pages. 8vo, later 1/2 morocco, moderate wear; rehinged, long closed tear to leaf I2, minor dampstaining to last few leaves. With half-title and 2 (of 3) final blanks. 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 never actually made it to press until 2010. Evans 3188; Howes M409 ("aa"); Sabin 46799.