1725. · London
by [Mather, Samuel]
London: Printed for John Clark and Richard Hett, 1725.. [8],88pp., plus engraved portrait of Increase Mather. Antique-style calf, spine gilt. Minor foxing and soiling. Pencil notations in text. Very good. Prepared by Samuel Mather, the son of Increase Mather, this London edition is a revised and edited version of his brother Cotton's PARENTATOR..., issued in Boston in 1724. It seems to be much rarer than the American edition, and far more desirable, as it contains an excellent portrait of Mather. The final three pages include a list of Increase Mather's writings. The editor notes that "instead of entertaining the reader with extracts of the funeral discourses made on the occasion of his death, or with a description of the place where he was buried, I shall exhibit a catalogue of his books." ESTC T39152. SABIN 46406. BRINLEY SALE 1057. HOLMES, MINOR MATHERS 111. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 725/138. Dr. Samuel A. Green, "Portrait of Increase Mather" in PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Second Series, Vol. VIII pp.143-150.
(Inventory #: WRCAM36560A)