The history and antiquities of Boston .. . inted out to them in works of thiskind ; while the same individual could not produce a single octavopage without such blemishes. Who ever saw a perfect book,— onefree from errors ? Curious stories are told about immaculate typog-raphy and amateur printers. Dr. Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia,has some very good hints for those who would have it understoodthat errors in a book are unpardonable sins. It may incur the charge of vanity for an author to append to hisname his honors or titles ; but if a long period of labor in historicalfields can be any excu
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . inted out to them in works of thiskind ; while the same individual could not produce a single octavopage without such blemishes. Who ever saw a perfect book,— onefree from errors ? Curious stories are told about immaculate typog-raphy and amateur printers. Dr. Cotton Mather, in his Magnalia,has some very good hints for those who would have it understoodthat errors in a book are unpardonable sins. It may incur the charge of vanity for an author to append to hisname his honors or titles ; but if a long period of labor in historicalfields can be any excuse, that may be offered in this instance ; for itis above thirty years since the writer commenced his historical andantiquarian labors, and he has now reached the fifty-seventh of his may be considered an unnecessary apology for adopting an ancientcustom, especially as there are some instances, at the present time,of ostentatious displays of this kind to names in works to which evena claim to editorship may be questionable. ?. ENGRAVINGS. Portraits ^ Autographs, |g* Others ifL Whole number, 298 Adams (arms), 675 Adams, Matthew (autograph), 675 Adams, Samuel (rt«<05rra;)A), . .613 Adams, Samuel (portrait), 671 Addington, Isaac (autograph), 472 Andros, Edmund (autograph), 477 Appleton (arms), 765 Appleton, Samuel (autograph), 411 Aspinwall, William (autograph), • 225 Author (ar7ns), in Author (autograph), vn Belcher (arms), 607 Belcher, Jonathan (portrait), 685 Belcher (autoi/rapli), 607 Belliii-liam (arms), 178 Bellinirham, Ricliard (autograph), 257 Bernard, Francis (autograph), 654 Bilboes, 114 Blackstones Residence, 97 Boyle, Hon. Robert (portrait), 317 Boylston, Zabdiel (autograph), 726 Boys, Antipas (autograph), 340 Bradford (arms), 231 Bradford, William (autograph), 132 Bradstreet (arms), 446 Bradstreet, Anne (autograph), 446 Bradstreet, Simon (autograph), 446 Bradstreet, Simon (portrait), 512 Brattle (arms), 369 Brattle-street Church, 519 Brattle, Thomas (
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