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Title: The wonderful works of God commemorated: praises bespoke for the God in heaven in a thanksgiving sermon, delivered on Decemb. 19. 1689: containing just reflections upon the excellent things done by the great God, more generally in creation and redemption, and in the government of the world, but more particularly in the remarkable revolutions of providence which are every where the matter of present observation: with a postscript giving an account of some very stupendous accidents, which have lately happened in France.
Author: Cotton Mather
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP02295100
CollectionID: CTRG97-B2074
PublicationDate: 16900101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Dedicated to Henry Ashurst. Errors in paging: 2nd count, p. 39, 64 misnumbered 93, 62; 4th count, p. 36 misnumbered 26. "The way to prosperity. A sermon ... by Cotton Mather ..."--[7], 26 [i.e., 36], 5, [8] p., with separate title page. Two varied imprints noted: Boston. Printed by R. Pierce, for Joseph Brunning, Obadiah Gill, and James Woode. and Boston. Printed by Richard Pierce. For Benjamin Harris. Both variants were evidently issued separately as well.
Collation: [8], 62 [i.e., 64], [7], 26 [i.e., 36], 5, [8] p.; 14 cm
