1818 · [Philadelphia?]
by Weems, Mason Locke
[Philadelphia?]: printed for the author, 1818. 8vo, pp. 63, [1]; copper-engraved frontispiece, 13 wood engravings in the text; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. The wood-engravings, which appear here for the first time, have been attributed to William Mason, said to be the first wood engraver in Philadelphia; one, signed 'G' (on p. 32), is thought to be the work of Mason's student, George Gilbert. The first edition was published in 1812 under title God's Revenge Against Drunkenness. See Sabin 102467; American Imprints 46749; Hamilton, American Book Illustrators, 1019.
(Inventory #: 53870)