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Samuel G. Drake : The History and Antiquities of Boston the Capital of Massachuestts and Metropolis of New England, from its Settlement in 1630, to the Year 1770

Luthur Stevens, Boston, 1856

contemporary ½ morocco with marbled boards, spine with 6 compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and four., An excellent copy, plates and text are clean and crisp., 4to, P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, iii-x, 1-840, 15 portrait plates, 1 steel engraved senic plate, 1 map, 3 charming folding views of Boston, 1 facsimile of hand writing, and numerous wood engraved text illustrations.

Originally issued in sixteen parts from 1852 to 1856
“Samuel Gardner Drake was an eminent American antiquarian. In 1828 he went to Boston, where he established an antiquarian bookstore — the first of its kind in the United States — and devoted himself to the study of early Massachusetts history. He was one of the founders of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, was its president in 1858, and for many years was the editor of its quarterly Register.�, Howes: D-475; Sabin:20872

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