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A good old age : a brief essay on the glory of aged piety, humbly commended and presented unto them, whose arrival to, or near, sixty, ranks them among, the aged.
- Title
- A good old age : a brief essay on the glory of aged piety, humbly commended and presented unto them, whose arrival to, or near, sixty, ranks them among, the aged.
- Author
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
- Publication
- Boston : Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, for S. Gerrish, in Cornhill, 1726.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- [4], 42 pages; 15 cm (8vo)
- Alternative Title
- Brief essay on the glory of aged piety
- Glory of aged piety
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Note
- Half title and running title: The glory of aged piety.
- Caption title: The glory of aged piety. Boston, March 27, 1726.
- "This work is anonymous but is included by Samuel Mather in the catalogue of his father's publications"--Holmes (cited below).
- Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F⁴(-F4).
- Row of type ornaments above and below half title and epigraph on title page verso; woodcut tailpiece.
- Indexed In (note)
- English short title catalogue
- Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time
- Evans, C. American bibliography
- Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available online via America's Historical Imprints (American Antiquarian Society copy) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Boston Public Library copy).
- Provenance (note)
- Susanna Grant, Benjamin Grant (early ownership inscriptions on title page, front pastedown and at end of text); "For my sister, Mrs. Priscilla Morse in Medfield" (early presentation inscription on half title verso); manuscript translation of Latin epigraph on title page verso in an early hand.
- Binding (note)
- In contemporary marbled wrappers, stitched.
- Call Number
- *KD 1726 17-35
- LCCN
- 97171826
- OCLC
- 37682918
- Author
- Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728, author.
- Title
- A good old age : a brief essay on the glory of aged piety, humbly commended and presented unto them, whose arrival to, or near, sixty, ranks them among, the aged.
- Publisher
- Boston : Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, for S. Gerrish, in Cornhill, 1726.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Indexed In:
- English short title catalogue, W18670Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 27834, 46346Evans, C. American bibliography, 2768Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, entry 155
- Additional Formats
- Also available online via America's Historical Imprints (American Antiquarian Society copy) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Boston Public Library copy).
- Local Note
- NYPL copy imperfect: Half title present but was used as front pastedown; torn and still partially adhered to inside front wrapper.
- Binding
- In contemporary marbled wrappers, stitched. NN
- Provenance
- Susanna Grant, Benjamin Grant (early ownership inscriptions on title page, front pastedown and at end of text); "For my sister, Mrs. Priscilla Morse in Medfield" (early presentation inscription on half title verso); manuscript translation of Latin epigraph on title page verso in an early hand. NN
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States Massachusetts Boston.
- Added Author
- Gerrish, Samuel, -1741, publisher.Kneeland, Samuel, 1697-1769, printer.Green, Timothy, 1703-1763, printer.Morse, Priscilla, Mrs., active 18th century, former owner.American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLCGrant, Susanna, active 18th century, former owner.Grant, Benjamin, active 18th century, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- *KD 1726 17-35