Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 237

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(RELIGION.) Shepard, Thomas. Theses Sabbaticae; or, The Doctrine of the Sabbath. [28], 184, [4], 98 pages. Small 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; minor wear to top edge of title page, a few headlines cropped, minor dampstaining and worming, last 4 page numbers corrected in manuscript. London: Rothwell, 1650

Additional Details

Second edition of a treatise by the recently deceased Puritan divine, here described as "Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England." Church 495 (first edition); ESTC R31814; Sabin 80256 (calls for only 95 pages in final part). Only one other copy of any edition at auction since 1981 (Swann sale, 23 October 1997, lot 163).