Item #34300 New-England's Memorial: or, A brief relation of the most memorable and remarkable passages of the providence of God, manifested to the planters of New-England, in America; with special reference to the first colony thereof, called New-Plymouth. Nathaniel Morton.

New-England's Memorial: or, A brief relation of the most memorable and remarkable passages of the providence of God, manifested to the planters of New-England, in America; with special reference to the first colony thereof, called New-Plymouth.

[Newport, R.I.]: Boston, printed; Newport, reprinted, and sold by S. Southwick, 1772. viii, 208 pp. 12mo. Later calf, red morocco gilt label. Third edition. Light wear along joint and fore edge, early ink notations erased from title with small resulting hole, leaves browned with occasional soiled spot or dampstain, leaves A3 through A6 apparently supplied from another copy, chip to lower fore corner with loss of a few words on L3 and repair to T4 with loss of single letter, lacks subscriber list at end; red morocco bookplate on free front endpaper. Sabin 51014. Evans 12469. Howes M851 (aa). Alden Rhode Island 491. Bradford 3710. Leclerc 964. Lowdnes 1620. Item #34300

“This book is one of those commonly referred to as ‘the corner-stone’ of the early history of New England, and its accurate and full account of transactions there from 1620 to 1668 justify its claim to that title," (Ives Catalogue). Provenance: Frank C. Deering (red morocco gilt book label). Deering's Collection was bought by the Newberry in 1967.

Price: $800.00