John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
by Dunton, John
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About This Item
Boston: Printed For the Society, 1867. The Prince Society edition of Dunton's letters from New England. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt. One of twenty numbered copies printed on large paper, this is number 5. In very good condition. John Dunton was a famed traveler and author of the mid 17th century who founded the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous periodical in England. In 1686, probably because he was concerned in the Monmouth Rebellion, Dunton visited New England, where he stayed eight months selling books and observing with interest the new country and its inhabitants. He sailed from Gravesend in October 1685, and reached Boston after a four months' voyage. He sold his books, and visited Cambridge. In Roxbury he saw the missionary John Eliot and learned something of Native American customs. He stayed for a time at Salem and Wenham, and returned to England in the autumn of 1686.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135164
- Title
- John Dunton’s Letters From New-England.
- Author
- Dunton, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Printed For the Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- John Dunton First Edition, John Dunton's Letters From New-England First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...