Hartford: Printed by John Babcock, for O. D. & I. Cooke, 1801.
Price: $450.00
Hardcover. First Hartford issue of the American edition. Two volumes in one. 12mo. Each volume with a separate title page and pagination. Contemporary tree calf. Binding and both shoulders worn, foredge dampstained on the first few leaves (minorly affecting the signatures) and foxing throughout, a good copy.
This copy with the ownership Signature of Julius Deming (1755-1838), Captain of Cavalry during the Revolutionary War and later a prominent Connecticut businessman and politician. Also with the ownership signatures of Dory Demings, whom we believe to be either Deming's wife or daughter (both named Dorothy), dated February, 1802; lastly, the signature of Lucretia Deming Perkins, noting "From her Grandfather's Estate. Litchfield. 1839" in the same hand. A well-used copy of this influential work by More, printed in Connecticut a year after the first American edition, and with the signature of a Revolutionary War Cavalry Captain as well as by two female relatives.
Item #454126
