Mather, CottonMagnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England … In Seven Books. London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702 Folio (311 x 195 mm). Double-page map of New England and New York, title to each book, text printed in two columns; map expertly repaired, burn hole to Ee2, Llll3 with expert repair, p.86 of Book VI misnumbered as 98, Fffffff2 with tear resulting in the loss of a few letters repaired, lacking final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Expertly bound to style in eighteenth-century speckled calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered label to second, others with repeat overall decoration in gilt, edges stained yellow; extremities rubbed, upper joint weak. First edition of "the most famous American book of colonial times" (Streeter). It is an indispensable source for colonial social history including civil, religious, and military affairs at the end of the seventeenth century and is equally noteworthy for its lively biographies. The map, which depicts New England, Long Island, and eastern New York has been described by cartographic historian Barbara McCorkle as "the first eighteenth-century general map of New England." It was probably derived from "A New Map of New England. New York. New Iarsey. Pensilvania. Maryland. and Virginia," which likely was created by Phillip Lea in 1680. REFERENCEChurch 806; ESTC T79039; Howes M391; European Americana 702/127; McCorkle 702.3, 680.4 (ref.); Streeter sale 1:658
Mather, CottonMagnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England … In Seven Books. London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702 Folio (311 x 195 mm). Double-page map of New England and New York, title to each book, text printed in two columns; map expertly repaired, burn hole to Ee2, Llll3 with expert repair, p.86 of Book VI misnumbered as 98, Fffffff2 with tear resulting in the loss of a few letters repaired, lacking final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Expertly bound to style in eighteenth-century speckled calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, gilt-lettered label to second, others with repeat overall decoration in gilt, edges stained yellow; extremities rubbed, upper joint weak. First edition of "the most famous American book of colonial times" (Streeter). It is an indispensable source for colonial social history including civil, religious, and military affairs at the end of the seventeenth century and is equally noteworthy for its lively biographies. The map, which depicts New England, Long Island, and eastern New York has been described by cartographic historian Barbara McCorkle as "the first eighteenth-century general map of New England." It was probably derived from "A New Map of New England. New York. New Iarsey. Pensilvania. Maryland. and Virginia," which likely was created by Phillip Lea in 1680. REFERENCEChurch 806; ESTC T79039; Howes M391; European Americana 702/127; McCorkle 702.3, 680.4 (ref.); Streeter sale 1:658
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