The Case of Heman Considered,: In a Sermon on PSAL. LXXXVIII. 15 .... Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Edward Bromfield, Merchant of Boston, in New-England. April 10, 1756. AEt. 61
by PRINCE, Thomas
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Boston: S. Kneeland, 1756. First edition. 8vo. Title-page with printed black mourning border. [4], 33, [3] pp., with half-title. Nineteenth-century half black morocco and marbled boards, spine titled in gilt; covers rubbed, dampstain to binder's blanks at front and rear First edition of Thomas Prince's sermon on the occasion of the death of Boston merchant Edward Bromfield (1695-1756). Prince (1687-1758) was pastor at Boston's Old South church, and an antiquarian and collector of New England history. This copy belonged to John Wingate Thornton, a Boston lawyer, antiquarian, author and book collector. He was a member of the American Antiquarian Society and Vice-Present of the Prince Society, a group dedicated to republishing important works of Americana, named for Thomas Prince. PROVENANCE: William Cordwell (contemporary signature on title-page); John Wingate Thornton, 1818-1878 (bookplate, signature on half title, Boston, March 1845)REFERENCE: ESTC W30220; Evans 7769
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- Title
- The Case of Heman Considered,
- Author
- PRINCE, Thomas
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- First edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. Kneeland
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1756
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- 0.00 lbs
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