Essays on Various Subjects: to Which is added, a Short Treatise on the Art of Praising One's-Self

Lot 218
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Lot 218 | Essays on Various Subjects: to Which is added, a Short Treatise on the Art of Praising One's-Self
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[BIGELOW, Abijah (1775-1860).] Essays on Various Subjects: to Which is added, a Short Treatise on the Art of Praising One's-Self; and Several Poetical Fragments. By Garrulus. Leominster, MA: Press of the Telescope, 1801. [Bound with:] The Youth's Monitor: or a Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, and Religious Subjects: Selected from Different Authors. Leominster, MA: printed for the purchaser, 1799.

First editions of two didactic works. Several of the essays by Bigelow, here under the pseudonym "Garrulus," had previously been published in The Telescope. Bigelow was a lawyer and member of the American Antiquarian Society. Stoddard 684 and Evans 36749

Two works in one, 12mo (187 x 102mm). 92pp. (with final blank) and 48pp. (browning and spotting). Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards (worn, part of spine panel chipping away). Provenance: James Pearl (inscription on title) - Charles Carter (printed bookplate).
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