Pynchon, William (1590-1662) Meritorious Price of Man's Redemption

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Pynchon, William (1590-1662) Meritorious Price of Man's Redemption. London: by R.I. for Thomas Newberry, 1655.
Quarto, contemporary sheepskin, bookplate of Sir William Pepperell's family crest pasted inside the front board, marginal manuscript notes, boards detached, end leaves damaged from water and mildew, with loss to these leaves, water staining throughout, worse near the end of the text, with mildew damage as well, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Pynchon's Meritorious Price was the first book to be publicly condemned and burned in Boston.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

A4. b-f4, g2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Lll4.


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