Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
MATHER, COTTON. Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England. Folding map. Folio, contemporary calf, moderate wear, front joint imperfectly repaired; minimal dampstaining on top edge, lacks errata leaves (printed later in Boston); with both publisher's ad leaves as described by Church, one of them inserted after leaf A4 and the other at the end; early English bookplates on front pastedown. London, 1702

Additional Details

first edition. "Indispensible to the student of American history"--Church 806. European Americana 702/127; Grolier Hundred 6; Holmes's Cotton Mather 213A; Howes M391; Sabin 46392; Streeter sale II:658.