Bard William.ABAA
An Oration on Death and the Happiness of the Separate State or the Pleasures of Paradise. . . . Also An Oration of the Author's written early in the spring of 1816 on the then present outpourings of the Spirit of God in New England . . . Also Four Hymns or Poems of the Author's . . .
181719498Williamsburgh Mass.: Printed by Ephraim Whitman 1817. First edition. Somewhat rubbed with a small hole to the spine and label; somewhat stained; a good sound copy. 12mo original tree sheep brown leather spine label gilt lettering iv 300 pages all edges sprinkled. The Bard of the Berkshires Bodman 1766-1850 was perhaps the last great efflorescence of the New England Puritan poets in the lineage of Michael Wigglesworth; Bodman's four poems here include a piece "On the Great Mortality of the Women and Children in Williamsburgh in 1788" when six women and five infants died in childbirth: "Six mothers are departed hence! / Their consorts left in great suspense / Which way to go whither to run; / Nor can they their sore troubles shun." Stoddard & Whitesell 1157; Wegelin Addenda 23. Contemporary ink ownership signature on the front blank. Printed by Ephraim Whitman, unknown books
Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA) · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €
