Nov 21 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 124

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT--1710.) Ebenezer Pemberton. The Divine Original and Dignity of Government Asserted. [2], 106 pages. 8vo, disbound; minor wear, scattered foxing, slight loss to leaf H4; signature of early owner on title page. In modern cloth slipcase. Boston: B. Green, 1710
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An election sermon preached in Boston on 31 May 1710. "The tone is controlled, quiet, dignified. The sermon has the high seriousness of Milton. . . . Pemberton's is a God of wisdom and reason. . . . The sermon stands on the watershed between Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin"--Plumstead, "The Wall and the Garden: Selected Massachusetts Election Sermons," pages 145-6. Evans 1484; Sabin 59600.

Provenance: Joseph Gerrish; Swann sale, 14 February 1957, lot 309; later dealer listing laid down inside slipcase wrapper.

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