Two volumes bound in one, 8vo (6 9/16 x 4 in.; 166 x 102mm). Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; foxing, some dampstaining, tear to A3, one or two closed marginal tears; one or two margins shaved. [With]: 'Discourses on various important subjects, nearly concerning the great affair of the soul's eternal salvation...' Boston: S. Kneeland [and] T. Green, in Queen-Street, over against the prison in Queen-Street, 1738. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; lacking title (A1), small marginal hole to P2, small tear with loss of a few letters to V1, V4, and Z1, a few closed marginal tears foxing, some dampstaining. Bound together in full brown contemporary calf, flat spine with six ruled compartments, second with red morocco lettering piece; lower board detached, upper joints weak, overall rubbed with some loss of calf.
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