Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

Volume 46

1. Cottonus Matherus, mezzotint by Peter Pelham, 1728

BOSTON PRINTS AND PRINTMAKERS 1670–1775

A CONFERENCE HELD BY THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS

1 AND 2 APRIL 1971

BOSTON

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts

Distributed by The University Press of Virginia

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SARAH LOUISE EDES FUND

Title page vignette: View of Boston, from the copper engraving by

James Turner used on the title page of the American Magazine and

Historical Chronicle, 1743

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