BIB_ID
132345
Accession number
MA 832
Creator
Mather, Samuel, 1674-1733.
Display Date
1712 July 14.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 32.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed "To the Reverend / Mr. John Walrond / Minister of the Gospel in Ottery St. Mary / Devon." Docketed.
Watermark: Seven Provinces, rampant lion with wheat sheaves inside double circle with crown. Watermark, beta radiograph. Seven provinces. 132345wm1_MA832_WM_beta.jpg
Watermark (countermark): Letters "H D or Hb" Watermark (countermark), beta radiograph. 132345wm2_MA832_CM_beta.jpg
Watermark: Seven Provinces, rampant lion with wheat sheaves inside double circle with crown. Watermark, beta radiograph. Seven provinces. 132345wm1_MA832_WM_beta.jpg
Watermark (countermark): Letters "H D or Hb" Watermark (countermark), beta radiograph. 132345wm2_MA832_CM_beta.jpg
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1912.
Summary
Concerning the abridgement of Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana and the writing of a history of New England.
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