Description
The third edition of New England’s Memorial by Nathaniel Morton, published in Newport, Rhode Island in 1772. One of the first comprehensive histories of the Plymouth colony.
Octavo, viii, 208pp, [8pp subscribers]. Full period calf, title stamped in gilt, five raised bands. Numerous notes in script and pencil on the front pastedown. Lacking the front free endpaper. Ownership inscription of “Mary Newton” on the title page.
(Sabin 51014) (Howes 851) (Evans 12469)
This work is the third edition of the New England Memorial, the first appearing in 1669, published in Cambridge, MA. (Sabin 51012) (Church 605)
