Poetical Meditations, being the Improvement of some Vacant Hours … with a Preface

by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Colchester by Roger Wolcott

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First edition

First edition. 2 ff., lvi, i, 78, 1, errata , 3, advertisement pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. 18th-century sheep, with later red morocco spine label, rebacked in period style. Half title and title supplied from another copy. Later bookplate of Ilion Wolcott. Evans 2722; Trumbull 1696; Johnson 207; Wegelin 465. Item #224756 “The first book of verse in Connecticut” Evans . The author was a weaver,

• Binding: Leather

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