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100 1 a| Mather, Increase,d| 1639-1723.=| ^A26013;

245 10 a| Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets :b| wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. /c| By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts].;

260 a| Boston in New-England :b| Printed by S.G. for S.S. [i.e., Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall] And sold by J. Browning at the corner of the Prison Lane next the town-house,c| 1683.;

300 a| 12 unnumbered pages, 143 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 32 pages ;c| 15 cm (8vo);

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500 a| First word of title transliterated from the Greek.;

500 a| Preface by John Sherman.;

500 a| Variant states of several sheets noted: outer C (p. 27, line 18: AEgy,t; Aegypt); inner C (p. 32, line 1: Persian; Persiau); outer G (p. 83, headline and line 25: page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs absent; page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs present; page no. at outer margin and W in Wickliffs present); inner G (p. 88-89: catchword on p. 88 is 'holding' and line 27 begins 'the Turks ...'; catchword on p. 88 is 'the' and line 27 begins 'remember that I have ...'); inner I (p. 125: page is numbered 225 in some copies, 125 in others).;

500 a| Errata note, p. 143.;

500 a| "Heaven's alarm to the world. Or A sermon, wherein is shewed, that fearful sights and signs in heaven, are the presages of great calamities at hand. Preached at the lecture of Boston in New-England; January, 20. 1680. By Increase Mather. The second impression ... 1682."--[8], 38, [2], 32 p., with separate title page. First issued separately (Evans 320; Evans 321; Bristol B59, Shipton & Mooney 39220). This includes "The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon ... by Increase Mather ..." ([2], 32 p., Evans 321), also with separate title page.;

500 a| Two states of the imprint to "Heaven's alarm to the world" noted. The first reads "by John Browning" while the second is corrected to "by Joseph Browning".;

510 4 a| Evansc| 352;

510 4 a| Wing (2nd ed.)c| M1224;

510 4 a| Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather,c| 67-A;

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Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets : wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts].

Author/creator	Mather, Increase
Other author	Sherman, John, 1613-1685.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Boston in New-England : Printed by S.G. for S.S. [i.e., Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall] And sold by J. Browning at the corner of the Prison Lane next the town-house, 1683.
Description	12 unnumbered pages, 143 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 32 pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Comets--Religious aspects. Astronomy.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 352. ^A478749
General note	First word of title transliterated from the Greek.
General note	Preface by John Sherman.
General note	Variant states of several sheets noted: outer C (p. 27, line 18: AEgy,t; Aegypt); inner C (p. 32, line 1: Persian; Persiau); outer G (p. 83, headline and line 25: page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs absent; page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs present; page no. at outer margin and W in Wickliffs present); inner G (p. 88-89: catchword on p. 88 is 'holding' and line 27 begins 'the Turks ...'; catchword on p. 88 is 'the' and line 27 begins 'remember that I have ...'); inner I (p. 125: page is numbered 225 in some copies, 125 in others).
General note	Errata note, p. 143.
General note	"Heaven's alarm to the world. Or A sermon, wherein is shewed, that fearful sights and signs in heaven, are the presages of great calamities at hand. Preached at the lecture of Boston in New-England; January, 20. 1680. By Increase Mather. The second impression ... 1682."--[8], 38, [2], 32 p., with separate title page. First issued separately (Evans 320; Evans 321; Bristol B59, Shipton & Mooney 39220). This includes "The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon ... by Increase Mather ..." ([2], 32 p., Evans 321), also with separate title page.
General note	Two states of the imprint to "Heaven's alarm to the world" noted. The first reads "by John Browning" while the second is corrected to "by Joseph Browning".
References	Evans 352
References	Wing (2nd ed.) M1224
References	Holmes, T.J. Increase Mather, 67-A
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 352).
Genre/form	Sermons 1680.
Genre/form	Sermons 1682.

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