1798 The Life of Ezra Stiles, D.D, President of Yale College

Holmes, Abiel. The Life of Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL.D. A Fellow of the American Philosophical Society; of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; of the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences; A Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society; Professor of Ecclesiastical History; and President of Yale College. Boston: Printed by Thomas & Andrews, 1798. First Edition. [10496] Full leather, joints cracked, spine abraded, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, bookplate cut from the front paste-down. Old amateur repair to the title page hinge. Historical society oval stamp on the tp. [i]-vi, [7]-378, 381-404, [1]. The text block is in two pieces; lacks one leaf of the appendix; foxing; infrequent pencil marginalia. Poor. Hardcover. Ezra Stiles (1727-1795), b. North Haven, Connecticut; d. New Haven, Connecticut. Stiles was a Congregational minister during the time of transition from strict Calvinism to a more liberal view that was influenced by John Locke and Isaac Newton. In 1749 he was