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London: Richard Hett, 1780. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. 236, (4)pp. Finely bound by an unnamed binder thought to be in Liverpool. Full crimson morocco. A slim keyroll gilt border surrounds a distinctive flower and urn tool. In the center of the upper board is tooled "John Brown, Esqr., Mayor, 1782." The smooth spine is ornately tooled with three rows of flowers charmingly offset. Gilt inner dentelles and edged. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing, occasional light foxing, but a near fine copy. John Brown served as Mayor of Liverpool from 1782 to 1783. The binder remains unknown, but is possibly either Peter Wright or Richard Wright, both of whom are listed in Gore's 1766 Liverpool Directory. Michael Laird of Lockhart Texas has published a list of eighteen examples known from this binder. Number 2 on the list is a two volume Bible, also a presentation to Mayor Brown, as listed in the Lathrop Harper Catalogue 239. That listing also described a third volume, a Book of Common Prayer and…
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Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead for David West, 1790. pp. 358, [2] (ads). 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Joints a bit tender; tiny chip at tail of spine. A beautiful, unrestored copy, and with Pierce family inscriptions on the endpapers. pp. 358, [2] (ads). 1 vols. 12mo. With unusual ownership painting on the endpaper, identifying the Psalms as belonging to Benjamin Pierce's Book, 1791, and depicting a man up a tree (by way of ladder), either to send apples to another man, seated below, or to read his psalms aloft, in peace-- let the viewer be the judge!
The following leaf includes a calligraphic presentation in 1799 to James Pierce, who notes its use by "the society in Brattle Square," which we take to mean the (then) Congregational and (later, c. 1805-1876) Unitarian Church on Brattle Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The church distinguished itself by its somewhat relaxed attitude toward rigid Calvinist practices, and by iits array of important ministers: Benjamin Colman (1699-1747); William Cooper (1716-1743); Samuel Cooper (1747-1783); Peter Thacher (1785-1802); Joseph Stevens Buckminster (1805-1812); Edward Everett (1814-1815); John Gorham Palfrey (1813-1831); and Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1834-1876). The parishioners were no less esteemed: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Richard Clarke, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Jane Mecom, John Lowell, Lydia Hancock, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Bowdoin (1676-1747), and many others. Hans Gram played organ in the late 18th century. The Pierce family's early days in America (perhaps coming as early as about 1620) were spent largely in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and their legacy includes Benjamin Pierce (governor of New Hampshire, 1827-1830) as well as ten generations spent in what is now an historic landmark of seventeenth-century architecture, currently serving as a museum in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is difficult to place exactly which Benjamin Pierce and James Pierce this copy belonged to in the large and lively family. Evans 22351
The following leaf includes a calligraphic presentation in 1799 to James Pierce, who notes its use by "the society in Brattle Square," which we take to mean the (then) Congregational and (later, c. 1805-1876) Unitarian Church on Brattle Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
The church distinguished itself by its somewhat relaxed attitude toward rigid Calvinist practices, and by iits array of important ministers: Benjamin Colman (1699-1747); William Cooper (1716-1743); Samuel Cooper (1747-1783); Peter Thacher (1785-1802); Joseph Stevens Buckminster (1805-1812); Edward Everett (1814-1815); John Gorham Palfrey (1813-1831); and Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1834-1876). The parishioners were no less esteemed: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Richard Clarke, Elizabeth Greenleaf, Jane Mecom, John Lowell, Lydia Hancock, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Bowdoin (1676-1747), and many others. Hans Gram played organ in the late 18th century. The Pierce family's early days in America (perhaps coming as early as about 1620) were spent largely in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and their legacy includes Benjamin Pierce (governor of New Hampshire, 1827-1830) as well as ten generations spent in what is now an historic landmark of seventeenth-century architecture, currently serving as a museum in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It is difficult to place exactly which Benjamin Pierce and James Pierce this copy belonged to in the large and lively family. Evans 22351
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- Format/Binding Pp. 358, [2] (ads). 1 vols. 12mo
- Book Condition Used - Contemporary calf. Joints a bit tender; tiny chip at tail of spine. A beautiful, unrestored copy, and with Pierce family inscrip
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- Publisher Printed by Joseph Bumstead for David West
- Place of Publication Boston
- Date Published 1790
- Keywords Americana
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A New Version of the Psalms of David. Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches
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Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead for David West, 1790. Hardcover. Near Fine. Contemporary calf; 12mo; pp. 358, [2] (ads). Joints a bit tender; tiny chip at tail of spine. A beautiful, unrestored copy, and with Pierce family inscriptions on the endpapers. A naive painting on the FFEP records this as Benjamin Pierce's Book, 1791, and shows a man up a tree (by way of ladder), either to send apples to another man, seated below, or to read his psalms aloft, in peace -- let the viewer be the judge! There follows his calligraphic presentation in 1799 to James Pierce, who notes its use by "the society in Brattle Square," which we take to mean the (then) Congregational and (later, c. 1805-1876) Unitarian Church on Brattle Street in Boston, Massachusetts. (Their first minister, Benjamin Colman, was connected to a James Pierce, somehow by way of their interest in math.) The church distinguished itself by its somewhat relaxed attitude toward rigid Calvinist practices, and by its array of important ministers:…
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