A Faithful and Wise Servant, had in Honour, throughout the Churches: A Discourse Occasioned by the much lamented Death of the Rev. Edward Wigglesworth, D. D. . . .

Boston, New-England: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, and Thomas and John Fleet, 1765. First edition. Later stiff drab wrappers, 8.38 x 5.5 inches, 40, 7, [1], 3, 4, [1] pages, half-title excised. Some dust-soiling and light wear; a very good copy. Item #19470

Besides Appletons’ discourse, includes Joseph Taylor’s Oratio Funebris, a 3-page “Portrait of the Doctor’s Character,” and memorial verses, “Sacred to the Memory of Dr. Wigglesworth,” here unsigned by attributed to Joseph Willard. (See Halkett & Laing.) Evans 9905.

Price: $250.00

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