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[NEW ENGLAND]. HUNTER, Joseph. Collections concerning the early history of the founders of new plymouth, the first colonists of new england.

London. John Russell Smith, 1849. First edition.
[2], 70pp.

[Bound after:] HUNTER, Joseph. Agincourt. A contribution towards an authentic list of the commanders of the english host in king henry' the fifth's expedition to france, in the third year of his reign. London. John Russell Smith, 1850. First edition. [2], 56pp.

[Bound before:] HUNTER, Joseph. Milton. A sheaf of gleanings after his biographers and annotators... London. John Russell Smith, 1850. First edition. [4], 72pp.

[And:] HUNTER, Joseph. The great hero of the ancient minstrelsy of england, "robin hood." His period, real character, etc. investigated and perhaps ascertained. London. John Russell Smith, 1852. First edition. [2], 62pp.

[And:] HUNTER, Joseph. Pope: his descent and family connections. Facts and conjectures. London. John Russell Smith, 1857. First edition. [4], 46pp, [2]. With a temrinal leaf of publisher's advertisements.

8vo. Contemporary blind-ruled brown half-morocco, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of antiquary William Boyne (1814/15-1893) to FEP, manuscript list of contents to front blank fly-leaf.
A sammelband of five papers by antiquary Joseph Hunter (1783-1861), including his significant monograph concerning the Pilgrim Fathers and the early settlements in Massachusetts, compiled from documents assessed whilst employed at the Public Record Office.

Mr. Hunter answers more satisfactorily than it has been answered before the question, "Who were the leaders of these pilgrims?" and answers, moreover, for the first time, the question, "In what exact part of England had they previously resided?" (Gentleman's Magazine, February, 1850, p.185).
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref: 33628