[Rarebooks] FS: John Sherman, ONE GOD... Isaiah Thomas, 1805.

[Michael John Thompson]

SHERMAN, John (American, 1772-1828).

ONE GOD IN ONE PERSON ONLY: And Jesus Christ a Being Distinct From God, 
Dependent upon Him For His Existence, And His Various Powers; Maintained 
and Defended. By John Sherman, Pastor of the First Church in Mansfield, 
Connecticut.

Worcester: From the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun. September - 1805.

First edition. Octavo, contemporary calf. 194 pp, Index, publisher's 
colophon. The first edition of the first formal and
elaborate defense of Unitarianism in New England. Printed and published by 
Isaiah Thomas, patriot publisher of the
Massachusets Spy, an American revolutionary newspaper which supported 
Washington and the Federalist Party. Thomas also performed the first public 
reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts. He 
is also known as the Founder of the American Antiquarian Society.

Inscription on a preliminary blank "Presented to William H. Martin 1834 jan 
25  by Mr John Martinn". Below this and on a  previous page are 4 ink 
stamps "William H. Martin 1845". One the free endpaper is the stamp "The 
Jacob Boehme Society, Inc", as this copy was previously in the library of 
Dr. Charles Muses (but does not bear his usual prolific notes in pencil 
throughout). Some foxing throughout,  front free endpaper loose but 
present, the binding worn and scuffed; hinges cracking but holding, overall 
quite a solid copy.

$750.00 US, trade discount 20%
Terms: as usual


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