DUNTON, John (1659-1733). The Life and Errors of John Dunton. London: Printed for S. Malthus, 1705.

First edition memoirs of a 17th-century Boston bookseller. Blackwood’s Magazine wrote that this “curious work abounds with interesting literary history, anecdotes of Bostonians, &c.”(VI. 26). Scarce at auction; ABPC and RBH record only two copies in the past 25 years. "Eighty-four pages are occupied with the account of his visit to New England, his opening a bookstore in Boston; intercourse with the Mathers, John Cotton, Eliot, Hubbard, Indian sachems, and several ladies of Boston" (Sabin). Sabin 21344.

Octavo (169 x 100mm). (Dampstain to first ten or so leaves, outer margins of L5 & L6 renewed, small marginal loss to p.365; general browning internally.) Modern half calf over marbled boards.