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MATHER, Cotton (1663-1728). 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. London: Thomas Parkhurtst, 1702.
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MATHER, Cotton (1663-1728). 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. London: Thomas Parkhurtst, 1702.
2o (310 x 199 mm). Double-page engraved map of New England and New York. (Upper corner of title renewed, map somewhat frayed along left edge, 2H3 with hole affecting some letters, 4A1 with small paper repair crossing border, some pale staining and browning, without errata leaves as usual.) Contemporary calf (rebacked preserving original spine). Provenance: William Clarke (signature on title); Samuel Breck (signature on flyleaf).
FIRST EDITION of Mather's indispensable source for American colonial history. The seven books include 1) the history and settlement of New England; 2) the lives of its governors and magistrates; 3) biographies of "Sixty Famous Divines"; 4) a history and roll of Harvard College; 5) a history of the Congregational Church in New England; 6) a record of the remarkable providences revealing God's direct influence in particular events in the colonies; and 7) the "War of the Lord" dealing with the devil, the Separatists, Familists, Antinomians, Quakers, clerical imposters and the Indians. Church 806; Grolier American 6; Howes M-391; Sabin 46392; Streeter sale I:658.
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FIRST EDITION of Mather's indispensable source for American colonial history. The seven books include 1) the history and settlement of New England; 2) the lives of its governors and magistrates; 3) biographies of "Sixty Famous Divines"; 4) a history and roll of Harvard College; 5) a history of the Congregational Church in New England; 6) a record of the remarkable providences revealing God's direct influence in particular events in the colonies; and 7) the "War of the Lord" dealing with the devil, the Separatists, Familists, Antinomians, Quakers, clerical imposters and the Indians. Church 806; Grolier American 6; Howes M-391; Sabin 46392; Streeter sale I:658.