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

PRINCE, Thomas

Published by S. Kneeland, Boston, 1756

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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. Seller Inventory # 100587

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Title: The Case of Heman Considered, In a Sermon on...

Publisher: S. Kneeland, Boston

Publication Date: 1756

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First edition.