(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Tennent, Gilbert. Sermons on Important Subjects; Adapted to the Perilous State of the British Nation, lately

JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Tennent, Gilbert. Sermons on Important Subjects; Adapted to the Perilous State of the British Nation, lately preached in Philadelphia. xxxvii, [3], 425, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, covered with floral cloth at an early date, worn; lacks the front free endpaper, browning and staining; early owner's calligraphic inscription on the rear blank ("Mary Bodle's Book February 20th 1798"). Philadelphia: James Chattin, 1758

The home-made floral patterned linen "dust jacket" is likely by the early female owner who has inscribed the rear blank. Evans 8266; Sabin 94704.
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