Very Rare First Edition, Autograph Presentation Copy from the Author to John Pierpont. 8vo, publisher's original wraps, printed in black 32 pp. (wanting pp. 33-48). A well preserved copy with the usual wear from age, some edge-wear and some mellowing from time. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, AND AN AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. A sketch of two cases of adultery and the consequences rendered by the acts. Mason Weems was a writer driven by the very conservative religious attitudes of the time. He authored a work on George Washington in which he advanced for the first time the story of the future President and the cutting down of the cherry tree. Seller Inventory # 70146

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Title: GOD'S REVENGE AGAINST ADULTERY, Awfully ...

Publisher: Baltimore Ralph W. Pomeroy & Co. 1815

Binding: Soft cover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Buddenbrooks, Inc. ABAA
21 Pleasant Street, On the Courtyard, Newburyport, MA, 01950, U.S.A.

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Courtyard, in Newburyport, MA 01950 USA. All correspondences should be sent to this address to the
attention of Martin Weinkle or Stephen Pepple.

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