Boston: I(saiah). Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Aug., 1798. First edition. 8vo. vi, 388 pp. Contemporary full tree calf, red morocco spine label, front and rear joints starting; book-plate of "St. James' Church, Greenfield" on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signatures on front free endpaper; scattered foxing and offsetting to text; top margin of pp. 85-86 excised, affecting running title. Evans 33865; Howes H-381; Sabin 31192

"A work of equal interest and authority; now scarce." (Sabin). William Heath (1737-1814) was a Massachusetts farmer who served in the Continental Army during the Revolution, eventually attaining the rank of Major General, and also served as a member of the Massachusetts State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788.