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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS.)
Group of 5 election sermons.
8vo, dis-
bound; various conditions, all with half-titles, some with inscriptions to the original owner.
Boston, 1756-73
[250/350]
These sermons were delivered on the occasion of the annual elections in Massachusetts. Some
have content which foreshadows the Revolution; in particular Daniel Shute preached in 1768,
“Nor is it to be thought that Great-Britain would designedly enslave any of her free-born sons,
and thereby break in upon that constitution so friendly to liberty.” Three of them are inscribed
to the Reverend Edward Bass of Newburyport, MA, later the first American Episcopal bishop
of the Diocese of Massachusetts. Other authors include Samuel Cooper, Benjamin Stevens,
Thomas Barnard, and Charles Turner. Evans 7642, 9017, 9334, 11071, 13053.
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EDWARDS, JONATHAN.
The Works of President Edwards.
Frontispiece
portrait. 8 volumes. viii, 515; 491; iv, [9]-548; 496; 504; 508; 502; 514, [10] pages. 8vo,
contemporary calf, minor wear; minor toning and wear; library markings on front endpapers
of Volume I only, owner’s inscriptions on front pastedowns. First American edition. Sabin
21967; Shaw-Shoemaker 14925.
Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1808
[600/900]
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(FOOD AND DRINK.) Coppinger, Joseph.
The American Practical Brewer
and Tanner.
2 full-page text illustrations. 8vo, original boards, moderate wear to backstrip,
spine label worn but intact; minor dampstaining and foxing; uncut; signature on front free
endpaper believed to be of whaling and insurance magnate Walter Restored Jones (1793-
1855).
New York, 1815
[400/600]
The great bulk of the book is devoted to the production of beer, including recipes for several dif-
ferent varieties. “Includes wine and an interesting description of the French method of handling
the various Bordeaux growths”—Gabler, Wine into Words G17000. Rink 1480; one other
copy known at auction since 1944.
AN ORDER TO SUPPRESS VICE AND
SABBATH-BREAKING
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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.)
Dickinson, John.
By the President . . . of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a
Proclamation.
Letterpress broadside, 16
1
/
2
x 13 inches; uncut, clean and bright within
mat lines, minor toning from mat, taped to
mat along top edge verso.
[Philadelphia]: Francis Bailey,
20 November 1782
[600/900]
“
All persons are hereby fervently exhorted, to
observe the Lord’s Day, commonly called Sunday,
and thereon constantly to attend the worship of
God. . . . All magistrates, and others whom it
may concern, be very vigilant and exact in discov-
ering, prosecuting, and punishing all persons who
shall be guilty of . . . blasphemy, profane swearing
or cursing, drunkenness, lewdness, or other dissolute
or immoral practices.” Evans 17664. Provenance:
Goodspeed’s Bookshop, 1965 (catalogue 528:37
and frame label).
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