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A GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT UNDER GEORGE FENWICK, ESQ. TO ITS LATEST PERIOD OF AMITY WITH GREAT BRITAIN; INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND MANY CURIOUS AND INTERESTING ANECDOTE
by [Peters, Samuel A
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Author, 1782. x,2,436pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Small paper repair to verso of titlepage, minutely affecting one letter of text. Some light foxing and soiling to first and last few leaves. Minor toning and foxing to rest of text. Very good. Second edition, after the first of the previous year, consisting of the first edition sheets with a cancel title. The author was a native of Hebron, Connecticut, and later rector of the Episcopal church there. "Mobbed in Connecticut for his Tory activities, Peters fled to England and, in retaliation, wrote this false and vicious misrepresentation of that commonwealth. Included were the BLUE LAWS OF THE NEW HAVEN COLONY, manufactured by his animosity, but still swallowed as true by many people" - Howes. "The first edition is very rare" - Sabin. Indeed, ESTC locates only a handful of copies of this second edition, as well - which is essentially a fiction, being simply the original sheets with a new title, a common ploy to make a book look current and popular. Scarce. HOWES P262, "aa." SABIN 61209. ESTC N2349. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 81-54b. CHURCH 1183 (1st ed)
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- William Reese Company
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- Title
- A GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT UNDER GEORGE FENWICK, ESQ. TO ITS LATEST PERIOD OF AMITY WITH GREAT BRITAIN; INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND MANY CURIOUS AND INTERESTING ANECDOTE
- Author
- [Peters, Samuel A
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1782
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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