DANA, James.

Illustrations on Human Frailty and Vanity.

Item #81000

DANA, James. Illustrations on Human Frailty and Vanity. A Discourse Occasioned by the Premature Death of John Hall, A.M., Son of Elihu Hall, Esq; of Wallingford: Who Departed This Life Sep. 16, 1763. Aetatts 24. Delivered the Lord's Day after His Funeral. New-Haven, Printed by B. Mecom, 1765. 1st ed. 34pp. Disbound. Woodcut illus. Near fine. Evans 9947. ESTC W12885 locates 13 copies. Printed by Benjamin Mecom, son of Benjamin Franklin's favorite sister, Jane. Mecom (1732-1766) had been apprentice to Franklin's partner James Parker in New York. His uncle set him up as a printer in Antigua, a venture in which Mecom failed. Mecom returned to America, where he unsuccessfully had presses in Boston, New York, and New Haven.

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