Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Phillips, Samuel. The Sin of Suicide Contrary to Nature. 8vo, disbound; toned, edge wear and several minor tears, but large margins. With half-title. Boston, 1767

Additional Details

A sermon from Andover, MA in response to a recent suicide, with mourning border and engraved skull on title page. David Gray, an Andover man whose suicide inspired the sermon, was denied a Christian burial. Evans 10740; Sabin 62514. Not previously seen at auction.