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SHEPARD, THOMAS. The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened & Applied.
A FOUNDER OF HARVARD SHEPARD, THOMAS. The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened & Applied. [8], 240, 203, [5] pages. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, mended joints, front hinge broken. London: John Rothwell, 1660
- Notes: Theological work by a Cambridge Puritan divine who played a major role in the creation of what became Harvard University. The preface is addressed "especially to the inhabitants of Cambridge in New-England." "Thomas Shepard has been one of my favourite authors . . . I am still reading Shepard as if I had never read him before"--Alexander Whyte, Thirteen Appreciations, 1913. Only 4 copies known of this 4to first edition variant, which gives John Rothwell as the sole publisher--Wing STC 3114A. European Americana 660/155.
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