Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 167

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
EDWARDS, JONATHAN. [The Life and Character of the Late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College at New-Jersey. Together with a number of his sermons]. 3 volumes in one. [8], 98, [8], 279, [7], 191 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, remnants of clasps; lacks half-title, hinges starting, some browning, corner cut from front free endpaper; bookplate on front pastedown, 3 early owners' inscriptions. Boston, 1765

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first edition. Includes 3 volumes, each paginated separately: [Samuel Hopkins]. The Life of the Late Reverend, Learned and Pious Mr. John Edwards Jonathan Edwards. Sermons on Various Important Subjects Jonathan Edwards. Two Dissertations. The first title page is signed by noted Nova Scotia mapmaker William A. Hendry, 1845. "Though the Sermons have separate title pages, signature, and pagination, there is no evidence that they were ever issued separately . . . With this item is sometimes bound Two Dissertations"--T.H. Johnson 219. Evans 9961, 9962, 10008; Sabin 21948.