A Discourse on the :Life and Character of the Hon, Nathaniel Bowditch
Boston, MA: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. First Editon. 8vo. Good. Item #17875
First Edition. Paperback, Bowditch [1773 - 1838] was a mathematician, astronomer, & interested in many other subjects but best known today for his works on Navigation
Wrappers worn, back one is detached. Foxing throughout, some soiling of page edges.
Alexander Young was an antiquary as well as Unitarian minister. He published “The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ” and “Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1623 to 1636” as well as several eulogies on eminent Bostonians and other works. A bibliophile, he, with Charles Sumner, Jared Sparks, Edward A. Crowninshield, James Savage, Charles Deane, George Ticknor and sometimes Longfellow would meet at the Old Corner Book Store to discuss books. On the two pages is an anonymous poem signed “T” entitled “Elegy on the death of Doctor Bowditch” which had appeared in the Boston Daily Advertiser of March 22.
An interesting addition to your collection.
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