Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

112 c   (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT—1738.) Mather, Samuel. The Fall of the Mighty Lamented: A Funeral Discourse upon . . .Wilhelmina Dorothea Carolina. [2], 33 pages. 8vo, later 1 / 4 calf, minimal wear; moderate foxing, lacking bottom corner of title page with slight loss to border, edge stain affecting several pages, short tear on A4; John Carter Brown Library bookplate on front pastedown and inked stamp on page 1, release stamp on final blank. Boston: J. Draper, 1738 [300/400] A sermon on the death of Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of England, by the son of Cotton Mather. Evans 4276; Sabin 46796. Provenance: Swann’s JCB sale, 26 March 2009, lot 120. 113 c   (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT—1744.) Mayhew, Experience. Grace Defended, in a Modest Plea for an Important Truth. [2], vi, 7, [1], 208 pages. 8vo, 1 / 4 calf over boards, worn; endpapers renewed and coming loose, moderate dampstaining; early signature on title page, 1805 inscription on front free endpaper. Boston: B. Green and Company, 1744 [400/600] The author is today best known as a missionary to the Wampanoags of Martha’s Vineyard, and author of the Massachusett Psalter. Evans 5439; Sabin 47125. One other traced at auction since 1968, at a Swann sale, 11 September 1997, lot 158. 114 c   (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT—1757.) Everard, John. Some Gospel Treasures, or the Holiest of all Unvailing. xi, 268, 280 pages. 4to, contemporary paneled calf, moderate wear; front hinge split; original owner’s inscription on title page, early bookplate on front pastedown. Germantown, PA: Christopher Sower, 1757 [300/400] first american edition . Evans 7889; Sabin 23217. 115 c   (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT—1769.) Lord, Benjamin. The Important Connection of Time with Eternity, as it Affects the Children of Men, Shewed in Two Sermons. 44 pages. Small 8vo, original plain wrappers; minor foxing, rear free end- paper torn. New London, CT:Timothy Green, 1769 [300/400] Evans 11316. None known at auction since the 1886 Brinley sale. 112 113