John Winthrop on the New England Earthquake 1755

Title: A Lecture On Earthquakes; Read in the Chapel of Harvard-College in Cambridge, N.E. November 26th 1755. On the Occasion of the Great Earthquake Which Shook New England the Week Before.
Author: Winthrop, John
Description: 38 pp. Half-title present. 8½x6, later three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards. First Edition.An account of the earthquake that occurred in New England on November 18, 1755, doing considerable damage to Boston. From it Winthrop computed the wave-like motion and speed of earthquakes, and his observations on this phenomena are likely the first on the subject. He is generally considered to be a pioneer in the science of seismology. Sabin 104853; Evans 7597. Provenance: John M. Steinbrugge.
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Edes & Gill
Date Published: 1755

Detached from binding; half-title detached, two leaves with repaired tears, light soiling; else very good.