Books in Boston

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Technically, not Americana but will sneak this into my booth for its amazing provenance. This 1677 New Testament has been passed down through several generations of the Wigglesworth family, beginning with Edward Wigglesworth (1692–1765), the first holder of the Harvard Hollis Chair—the earliest professorship of divinity established in the American colonies. Compendium Graecum Novi Testamenti by Johanne Leusden, traces a remarkable family lineage: from Edward to his son Thomas Wigglesworth (1775–1855), then to Thomas’s son Thomas Wigglesworth (1814–1907), and finally to his nephew Edward Wigglesworth (1840–1896), the great-grandson of the original Edward. Edward Michael Wigglesworth (1692–1765), son of Puritan minister and poet Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) and Sybil Avery Sparhawk (1655–1708)

JOHN TOWNSEND, TOWN'S END BOOKS

Guest on Rare Book Cafe is John Townsend of Town’s End Books in Deep River, Massachusetts, who will be an exhibitor at Books In Boston, the shadow show to the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.

He shares some of the items he’ll be bringing to the shadow show. Books in Boston is set for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 9 at the Hilton Back Bay. It is right around the corner from the ABAA’s Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Hynes Convention Center.

The ABAA show runs 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, November 8, noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 10.

Co-hosts Ed Markiewicz and Lee Linn are joined by bookseller (and sometimes additional co-host) Richard Mori. Richard also is a co-producer of Books in Boston.

🔴 Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK No. 79: John Townsend of Town's End Books, Deep River, Massachusetts Our guest is John Townsend of Town’s End Books in Deep River, Massachusetts, who will be an exhibitor at Books In Boston, the shadow show to the Boston Inter...