$240
Pareus, David (1548-1622) Ad Hebraeos . Heidelberg: Rosa, 1613. Quarto, ex libris puritan minister and poet Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) and Reverend Samuel Cheever (1639-1724), with both signatures on the front free endleaf, contemporary English calf, with remnants of older paper covering, mostly adhering to turn-ins, and early printer's waste endleaves, back board detached, contents uniformly browned throughout. Wigglesworth wrote the poem "Day of Doom" a mainstay of puritan devotees for more than a generation. Cheever, who served his Marblehead congregation for years, gave written testimony during the Salem witch trials on behalf of his parishioner, Sarah Buckley.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18