Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 4,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FRANKLIN IMPRINT (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Whitefield, George. Five Sermons on the Following Subjects. Small 8vo, later 1/2 morocco; hinges starting, some dampstaining throughout, upper corners of A2 and A3 defective in margins; bookplate tipped to free endpaper. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1746

Additional Details

first edition. Benjamin Franklin published this collection while Whitefield was in the midst of a four-year tour of the American colonies. ESTC lists only 6 copies, and no prior auction records have been found. Evans 5885; Miller 409; Sabin 103515.