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WORLD TO COME: OR DISCOURSES ON THE JOYS OR SORROWS OF DEPARTED SOULS

1748 · 80442 — 1748. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1748 WATTS Isaac. THE WORLD TO COME: OR DISCOURSES ON THE JOYS OR SORROWS OF DEPARTED SOULS AT DEATH and the glory or terror of the resurrection. Whereto is prefix'd an Essay toward the Proof of a Separate State of Souls after Death. London: Printed. Boston: New-England re-printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street 1748. First American edition. Two octavo volumes bound in one: 2v412-1893; 2v210-1924 pp. Volume two has a separate title-page at the beginning and a publisher's prospectus dated Boston 15 April 1748 and advertisements at the end. Pages 63 and 183 of v. 2 are misnumbered 67 and 185 respectively. In a worn contemporary full leather binding with corners rounded and missing a piece of leather on lower board. The bookblock shows evidence of early repair having been resewn in a couple of places with the front fly-leaves and title-page resewn as well. The edge-chipped fly-leaves have early ink ownerships Bridget Taylor 1788 and John Walton 1777. The text leaves are lightly thumbed at fore-margin with occasional foxing and/or light soiling. One leaf I8 has loss at the inside bottom corner just touching the initial or final letter of type in the lines near the bottom of the page. Several of the leaves have dog-eared corners. Very good overall. Evans 6261. unknown books