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(2pc) CAPT. BENSON EARLY AMERICAN LEATHER BOOKS

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(2pc) CAPT. BENSON EARLY AMERICAN LEATHER BOOKS

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Including a Family Bible belonging to Captain Abraham Benson (Fairfield, CT, 1780-1849) With Family Record spanning 1734-1832) "The Holy Bible---", New York, 1801, period calf, w/hand written record, signed Abraham Benson, foxing, repaired frontispiece, torn engraving; and "The Christian in Compleat Armour or Treatis, of the Saints War against the Devil", William Gurnall, 5th ed. 1669, signed Abraham Benson, period calf, corners bumped, leather torn on binding
Provenance: From the historic Revolutionary War home of Captain Abraham Benson (1780-1849), Fairfield, CT.

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(2pc) CAPT. BENSON EARLY AMERICAN LEATHER BOOKS

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