Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1790.
Price: $6,500.00
Hardcover. First edition. Edited by Noah Webster, and signed by him on the dedication page. Octavo. [6], 364, [4]pp. Contemporary calf over boards with leather titling label on spine. Two contemporary owners’ names in ink at top margin of title page. A third autograph has been neatly clipped from the top edge of the title page. Wear to the edges of the boards and corners, spine back and label are scuffed, front joint is split, both hinges neatly reinforced with one thin strip of cloth tape, a good copy with modest scattered foxing. Copied from Winthrop’s original manuscript by Connecticut Governor John Trumbull, the editor is identified as Noah Webster by Skeel, and by his signature in this copy. A desirable copy of Winthrop’s historically important journal, which includes the first written account of the ascent of Mt. Washington in 1642. *ESTC* W20590; *Evans* 23086; *Skeel, E.E.F. Webster*, 781; *Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut*, 1695.
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