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Title:
  • A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607. to this present year 1677. But chiefly of the late troubles in the two last years, 1675. and 1676. To which is added a discourse about the warre with the Pequods in the year 1637. By W. Hubbard, minister of Ipswich. ; [Twelve lines of quotations] ; Pnblished [sic] by authority.
Call No:
  • Mass.
    • Imprint Boston 1677 No.1
Source of Acquisition:
  • Christie's
  • purchase
  • 2009.3.1
Subjects:
Author:
Imprint Place:
  • Boston,
Publisher/Printer:
  • Printed by John Foster,
Imprint Date:
  • in the year 1677.
Physical Description:
  • [14] p. l., 132, [8], 7-12, 88 p.
  • fold. map.
  • 20 cm. (4to)
Accession No:
  • 2009.3.1
Provenance:
  • Christie's
Bibliographic References:
  • Church Cat., 650.
  • Bib. Soc. Am. Papers, v. XXXIII, 25-39.
  • Wing (2nd ed.), H3211
  • Evans, 231
Notes:
  • Signatures: 1 l. unsigned, aâ?¶, B-Lâ?´, Mâ?¶, m², O-Râ?´, S², Tâ?´, nâ?´, (last l. blank) A-Lâ?´ (B³ signed A³, F³ signed Fâ?´).
    • Title within double lines. Errors in paging: p. 84, 86, 88 and 90 not numbered, p. 85, 87, 89, 91 and 92 numbered 84 to 88, respectively. Collation: License (dated "Boston, March 29, 1677"): 1 l.; title: 1 l.; dedicatory epistle, advertisement, poetical addresses, and "The printer to the reader": [10] p.; "A narrative [etc.]": p. 1-115; blank p.; "A supplement concerning the warre with the Pequods": p. 117-132; "A table shewing the towns [etc.]": [7] p.; "A postscript": [1], 7-12 p.; blank l.; "A narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England, from Pascataqua to Pemmaquid": 88 p. Dedicated to John Leverett, Josiah Winslow and William Leete. Dedicatory poems to Hubbard, p. [11-13], 1st count. Probably by Jeremiah Shepard and Benjamin Tompson. Errata notes, p. [14], 1st count, and p. 88 at end. For a discussion of the states of this edition, see: Adams, R.G. "Hubbard's Narrative, 1677." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 33 (1939): 25-39 The map of New England, probably cut by John Foster, was the first produced in America. For a discussion of the "White Hills" and "Wine Hills" variants, see: Holman, R.B. "John Foster's woodcut map of New England." Printing and Graphic Arts 8 (1960): 53-96. Presumably a first issue of the 1st edition, the errata on p. 88 occupying 10 lines, whereas some copies have only 12 lines. A later edition printed at London in the same year, and licensed "June 27. 1677", has title: The present state of New England. Being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians ... In this cutting of the map the White Mountains are labeled as "The White Hills". In the London edition they are labeled "The Wine Hills." An abridged edition was issued at Boston in 1775, from which several later editions were copied.
  • 19th Century gold-tooled english binding in wine morocco with pale blue, gold, wine, french curl, marbled endpapers.
  • RIHS copy lacks original map. A facsimile of the "White Hills" map is bound in.
    • Binding stamped: "W. Pratt", presumably William Pitt Pratt, who was in business as a bookbinder in London from 1823 to 1838. RIHS copy a wormhole runs from signature O, p.97 to end.
Location:
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