A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing-Season 1739. [At head of title:] Business and Diversion inoffensive to God, and necessary for the Comfort and Support of human Society
by Seccombe, Joseph
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- Printed wrappers, with loosely inserted card "From S. C. Gould, Manchester, N.H.". Fine, cloth folding box
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[Manchester, N.H.: S.C. & L.M. Gould, 1892. Second edition, one of 75 copies. 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers, with loosely inserted card "From S. C. Gould, Manchester, N.H.". Fine, cloth folding box. Second edition, one of 75 copies. 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Business and Diversion Inoffensive to God. The first book on fishing printed in America, the sermon preached by Joseph Seccombe (1706-1760), here reprinted (with his name spelled Secombe) for the first time since the original publication in Boston, 1743, with a page of notes on the historical background of Seccombe's sermon and its connections to Manchester, N.H., and the derivation of the name Ammauskeeg-Falls.
Of particular interest is the remark by the editor, "Copies of the printed discourse have become very scarce, only five perfect ones being known to exist. It has been thought advisable to reprint the same that it may be preserved." The text was also included in Miscellaneous Notes and Queries. Vol. X, no. 2, August 1892, issued by the same publisher (and advertised on the back wrapper). Phillips p. 338; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 212. For first ed.: Evans 5285; Gee, pp. 36-38; Henderson, p. 219; Bruns S105; Heller 2:487
Of particular interest is the remark by the editor, "Copies of the printed discourse have become very scarce, only five perfect ones being known to exist. It has been thought advisable to reprint the same that it may be preserved." The text was also included in Miscellaneous Notes and Queries. Vol. X, no. 2, August 1892, issued by the same publisher (and advertised on the back wrapper). Phillips p. 338; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 212. For first ed.: Evans 5285; Gee, pp. 36-38; Henderson, p. 219; Bruns S105; Heller 2:487
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- Title
- A Discourse Utter'd in Part at Ammauskeeg-Falls in the Fishing-Season 1739. [At head of title:] Business and Diversion inoffensive to God, and necessary for the Comfort and Support of human Society
- Author
- Seccombe, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Printed wrappers, with loosely inserted card "From S. C. Gould, Manchester, N.H.". Fine, cloth folding box
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition, one of 75 copies
- Publisher
- S.C. & L.M. Gould
- Place of Publication
- [Manchester, N.H.
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Angling | New Hampshire | Theology & Religion
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- Americana; Sports & Games; Philosophy & Religion;
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