MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA; OR, THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND : FROM ITS FIRST PLANTING, IN THE YEAR 1620, UNTO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1698 : IN SEVEN BOOKS [2 VOLUMES]
by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son, 1853-1855. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, grey with gold print; Boards in grey cloth, tattering to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, v. 2 has cocked spine and significant shelfwear with puckering to cloth; Text blocks have bookplate on front pastedown, pencil marking on front pastedowns, v. 1 is else clean and tight, v. 2 with moisture stain and puckering to pages throughout, else text unmarked; "With an Introduction and Occasional Notes by the Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D., and Translation of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Quotations by Lucius F. Robinson, LL.B., to which is added A Memoir of Cotton Mather, by Samuel G. Drake, M.A.; also, A Comprehensive Index, by Another Hand : in Two Volumes"- title page; CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Books I-III (xli, 626 pages, frontispiece, illustrated with b&w plates) - Vol. I2. Books IV-VII (682 pages, frontispiece).
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Shelved in Netdesk office, on bookshelf to the right of the 7's Ephemera sections. 1363230. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1363230
- Title
- MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA; OR, THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND : FROM ITS FIRST PLANTING, IN THE YEAR 1620, UNTO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1698 : IN SEVEN BOOKS [2 VOLUMES]
- Author
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Silas Andrus and Son
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1853-1855
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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