Published by David Paterson, Edinburgh, 1761
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. 12mo; 9100; 410pp. Full brown calf, spine with 4 raised bands. Solidly bound and well worn with scuffing, extremity wear especially to corners and crown of spine; Good. Inscribed on ffep 'Amos Grosvenor/His Book/January 10th/1764/Benjamin H. Grosvenot/Pomfret'. The Grosvenor family was one of the early settlers in New England, coming to Pomfret from Massachusetts in the late 1600s. Amos Grosvenor (1724-1799) married Mary Hutchins, and settled as a farmer in Pomfret. Among his children was a son, Benjamin H. (c. 1771-1847), who married Chloe Trowbridge, to whom were born eight children, the two eldest sons dying in early life.