The Works of Thomas Goodwin (Volume 2)

Thomas Goodwin

 Printed by J. Darby and S. Roycroft for T. G. , 1683

Volume 2. Folio. 15.5" x 10.5".  Bound in contemporary leather.  Both boards detached, worn.  Text block solid, except frontispiece portrait is loose.  456 (29) pages.  Rear most leaves have a damp stain at the bottom margin.  Contents: I. An Exposition upon the Book of the Revelation, II. A discourse of the knowledge of God the Father and his son Jesus Christ, III. Of the creatures and the condition of their state by creation, IV Of election.  <br> Thomas Goodwin was an English Puritan theologian and preacher.  He served as chaplain to Oliver Cromwell.  This is vol. 2 of Goodwin's works, published, 1681-1704. 

Ref: English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT97628.  <br> [Colonial New York Ownership] Contemporary signatures of John Haswell and Joseph Haswell.   John Haswell (1728-1808) was an immigrant from Appleby, county Westmoreland, England who settled in Albany and Bethlehem, New York. His son Joseph Haswell (1755-1812) served in the American Revolution has also signed this book.  John Haswell writes that he purchased this book in 1760 on the title page.  Refs: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. III, p. 997. Cuyler Reynolds (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911).  Later engraved bookplate: Bibliotheque de Schorsch.