Business and diversion inoffensive to God, and necessary for the comfort and support of human society. : A discourse utter'd in part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in the fishing-season. 1739.
Published / Created:
Boston : Printed for S. Kneeland and T. Green in Queen-Street., MDCCXLIII [1743]
Physical Description:
[2], ii, 5-21, [3] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts SH437 .S43 1743Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Zd 518: Autograph: Henry M. Dexter.Dedication to Theodore Atkinson signed: Fluviatulis Piscator. Attributed to Seccomb in Sibley's Harvard graduates.Title is followed by an 8-line quotation in verse by Izaak Walton.Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ (C4 blank).Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.Evans, C. American bibliography, 5285English short title catalogue, W9570With a poem, p. [22] at end.Includes bibliographical footnotes.BAC: British Art Center copy lacks leaf C4 (final blank leaf). Bound in half calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
Fishing -- Early works to 1800. | Recreation -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800. | Bible. N.T. John XXI, 3 -- Sermons. | Dexter, Henry Martyn, 1821–1890 -- Autograph (BEIN) | Woodcut -- Specimens -- 1743. | Amer tracts -- 1743 (BEIN)
Form/Genre:
Sermons -- New Hampshire -- Manschester -- 1739. | Sermons -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- 1743.