{"product_id":"account-life-late-reverend-mr-david-brainerd-8a4izuom","title":"An Account of the Life of the late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd,","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenchman’s \u003cem\u003eProposals for printing by subscription, an account of the life of that extraordinary person, the late Reverend Mr. Brainard\u003c\/em\u003e survives in two copies at the American Antiquarian Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first edition of the life of an important and tragic missionary who preached to many of the Native American communities and continued - largely through this book - to have a great influence on future generations of preachers including John Wesley. Brainerd died aged twenty-nine in the home of Jonathan Edwards. This copy was owned and annotated by a fastidious early American bibliophile, Edmund Williams (1710-1796) of Massachusetts Bay.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy, according to a note on the title-page and the front pastedown, appears to have been received by Edmund Williams of Taunton Bristol Mass on the 11th September 1749 (with a price “4\/3 Loyal money”). Williams as also added his name in the correct position to the lengthy printed subscribers list, remarking in a footnote: \u003cstrong\u003e“N.B. I was one of said Subscribers, but my name was not Entered in this list by the mistake of the Printer, which said Printer, acknowledged to Mr John Wales”\u003c\/strong\u003e (1699-1765). Williams notes on the title-page: “I was 85 years old Dec 15. 1795” meaning that he was in possession of the book for over forty-five years (Williams died almost exactly a year later on 3rd December 1796). The book remained in the family as there is a long inscription dated 1804 on the blank verso of the title-page noting that the book was presented to Elizabeth Thornton by her Father Nathan Williams (Nathan was the sixth child, of twelve, born 2nd January 1748).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdmund Williams was clearly very protective of his books, he writes on the endpapers of seeing a “choice” copy of Thomas Grantham’s \u003cem\u003eChristianismus Primitivus\u003c\/em\u003e (London, 1678) in the possession of Richard Rounds, \u003cstrong\u003e“Father of Elder Richard Rounds above 40 years ago…it was written this book had been lent and hurt: so the order was not to lend it anymore, but should a be for the Family to read…”\u003c\/strong\u003e This seems to have empowered Williams to adopt the same rule: \u003cstrong\u003e“NB: Part of my writing in the 322 pages is defaced it was lent to Abigail Leonard, the outsides defaced by rubbing the covering. And it was lent to Bath[sheba] King: it has been lent twice to said woman. My order is not to lend this book. It is not proper to lend books to those who are careles of them.”\u003c\/strong\u003e The bibliographic crimes of Bathsheba King and Abigial Leonard are repeated a number of times on the endleaves, continuing on the recto of the same leaf: \u003cstrong\u003e“The outside was defaced by rubbing of the colouring, so was my Psalm book was hurt by drawing out one of the leather stitches.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47863566827677,"sku":"258551","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0045\/9677\/files\/258551_01.jpg?v=1777372020","url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/account-life-late-reverend-mr-david-brainerd-8a4izuom","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}