Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 242

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(PENNSYLVANIA.) Ogden, John Cosens. An Excursion into Bethlehem & Nazareth, in Pennsylvania . . . with a Succinct History of the . . . Moravians. 12mo, contemporary 1/4 calf, front joint cracked; very minor dampstaining toward rear. Philadelphia, 1800
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first edition. An early account of the American Moravians and their sophisticated manufacturing operation. "Includes a short narration of the massacre of Christian Indians at Salem and Gnadenhutten"--Sabin 56815. Evans 38149; Howes O-37 ("aa"). Not seen at auction since Swann sold one in 1974.