Research Catalog

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

• Gerrish, Samuel, -1741
• Kneeland, Samuel, 1697-1769
• Green, Timothy, 1703-1763
• Morse, Priscilla, Mrs., active 18th century
• American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Description

[4], 42 pages; 15 cm (8vo)

Alternative Title

• Brief essay on the glory of aged piety
• Glory of aged piety

Subjects

• Piety
• Piety > Early works to 1800
• Older Christians > Religious life > Early works to 1800
• Christian life > Early works to 1800
• Early works

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, W18670

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 27834, 46346

Evans, C. American bibliography, 2768

Holmes, 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

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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) DLC

Grant, Susanna, active 18th century, former owner.

Grant, Benjamin, active 18th century, former owner.

Research Call Number

*KD 1726 17-35