MATHER, Increase (1639-1723). A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England. From June 24. 1675 ... to August 12. 1676 . London: Printed for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, according to the Original Copy printed in New-England, 1676. Small 4 o (185 x 140 mm). Woodcut arms of the Massachusetts Bay Company (B4r). (Without half-title, some browning throughout, upper fore-corners renewed on title and first text leaf, last two leaves with marginal restoration in upper inner corner near gutter). 19th-century half calf (spine partly lacking, hinges rubbed). First English edition. Mather's account was first published in Boston in the same year, "nearly simultaneously," according to Field, with this London edition. This work is the third King Philips War quarto tract, covering a period of just over one year. The following year, Mather hurriedly produced A Relation of the Troubles which have hap'ned in New-England by reason of the Indians there. From the Year 1614 to the year 1675 , in an attempt to beat his brother's plans for a book on the same subject. "BOTH OF MATHER'S HISTORIES OF INDIAN WARS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE" (Field). Alden & Landis 676/123; Church 643; Field 1022; Holmes 16B; Howes M400; Sabin 46641; Simmons 1676#12; Vail 175; Wing M1188.
MATHER, Increase (1639-1723). A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England. From June 24. 1675 ... to August 12. 1676 . London: Printed for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-Yard, according to the Original Copy printed in New-England, 1676. Small 4 o (185 x 140 mm). Woodcut arms of the Massachusetts Bay Company (B4r). (Without half-title, some browning throughout, upper fore-corners renewed on title and first text leaf, last two leaves with marginal restoration in upper inner corner near gutter). 19th-century half calf (spine partly lacking, hinges rubbed). First English edition. Mather's account was first published in Boston in the same year, "nearly simultaneously," according to Field, with this London edition. This work is the third King Philips War quarto tract, covering a period of just over one year. The following year, Mather hurriedly produced A Relation of the Troubles which have hap'ned in New-England by reason of the Indians there. From the Year 1614 to the year 1675 , in an attempt to beat his brother's plans for a book on the same subject. "BOTH OF MATHER'S HISTORIES OF INDIAN WARS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE" (Field). Alden & Landis 676/123; Church 643; Field 1022; Holmes 16B; Howes M400; Sabin 46641; Simmons 1676#12; Vail 175; Wing M1188.
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