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Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey / New Haven, CT: Printed by Shepard Kollock / Abel Morse, for the Editors, who Hold the Privilege of Copy-Right, 1791-1793. First Edition, "Never Before Published" according to the publisher. Four small quarto volumes, first three published in 1791 and fourth follow-up volume first published in 1793, as here. 396; 403; 416; 391pp., collated and complete and with errors in pagination present: v. 2, p. 230, 385 mis-numbered 330, 383; v. 4, p. 238 mis-numbered 138. Bound in contemporary calf with leather labels stamped in gilt at spines; fourth volume a darker quality of leather. Boards worn and scuffed; exposure to joints of each volume with professional repair; volume four with heavier scuffing and wear and chipping to crown. Bindings sound. Front free endpaper of volume I a bit loose but attached; loss to bottom front corner of front free endpaper of volume III. Regular age-toning and spotting to interiors; heavier to volume IV; else a Very Good and sound set, scarcely found in retail together. Includes "Virtuous Woman" James Muir, "Human Depravity the Source of Infidelity" by Jonathan Edwards, and "The Barren Fig-Tree" by Alexander McWhorter, among many others. [Sabin 2401; Evans 23134 & 25127]. Seller Inventory # 30092
Title: The American Preacher; or, a Collection of ...
Publisher: Printed by Shepard Kollock / Abel Morse, for the Editors, who Hold the Privilige of Copy-Right, Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey / New Haven, CT
Publication Date: 1793
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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