A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 10, 1788, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. JOHN ANDREWS.
to the Care of the First Church and Society in Newburyport, as a Colleague-Pastor with the Rev. Thomas Cary.
- Newburyport, MA: John Mycall "Published at the Desire of the Church and Society" 1789.
- 8vo.
- Removed from volume and inserted into early, black wrappers
- (3), 52 pages
Price: $1,900.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 126796
First edition (Evans 21888). Lacking the half-title page, else complete. Light foxing to the first and last leaf; small institutional stamp to the inner margin of the final page; some loss to the margin of one leaf--not touching text--has been skillfully filled by a conservator; the wrappers aren't original, but the are early 19th century.
Also see Dale Roylance, American Graphic Arts (Princeton, 1990), 68; According to Roylance, this is the first three-color printed work in America, making this work a significant development in American typography. Ornament on page (5) printed in red ink with initial on the same page in dark blue ink. Ornament and initial on page 37 & 45 in black ink. Includes Hilliard's sermon (based on Phillipians 1:7), a charge by Rev. (Daniel) Shute of Hingham, Massachusetts, and "The Right Hand of Fellowship" by Rev. Dr. (John) Tucker of Newbury, Massachusetts, (included in Evans), pages 45-52 of the text.
The author (1746-90) was pastor of the First Church in Cambridge. Thomas Cary (1745-1808) was the second pastor at Newburyport, but became ill about 1788; Andrews was installed as an associate pastor.