{"product_id":"daniel-neal-history-of-the-puritans-vol-4-1738-first-ed-with-provenance","title":"Daniel Neal History of the Puritans vol. 4, 1738 first ed. with provenance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe History of the Puritans ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Neal, A.M.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, Printed for Richard Hett at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, MDCCXXXVIII (1738). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good+ rebound leather binding, tight on the signatures; page quality good with mild yellowing, staining, dampening, and darkening around the title page; a few amateur repairs (appear old, almost period) to the ffep and title to closed tears; Title, A2-xiii,  B-664 (text complete). Four signatures on the ffep including and especially Samuel Hopkins dated 1766. Samuel Hopkins (1721-1803) American minister and theologian graduated Yale in 1741 with Jonathan Edwards. Hopkins was a Calvinist and while perhaps not a strict abolitionist was one of the first to speak against slavery from the pulpit and later an anti-slavery advocate after the American Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good looking association copy of an otherwise standard work on Reformation History.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cedar \u0026 Pine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48013351682296,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/9416\/4216\/files\/IMG_1017.jpg?v=1771886004","url":"https:\/\/cedarandpinebooks.com\/products\/daniel-neal-history-of-the-puritans-vol-4-1738-first-ed-with-provenance","provider":"Cedar \u0026 Pine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}