Ratio Disciplinae Fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A Faithful Account of the

1726. [MATHER, Cotton]. Ratio Disciplinae Fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A Faithful Account of the Account of the Discipline Prosessed and Practised; in the Churches of New-England. With Interspersed and Instructive Reflections on the Discipline of the Primitive Churches. Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1726. [2],iv,10,207,[3]pp., including contents leaf. Mid-20th-century polished calf, boards and spine gilt, black and red leather labels gilt, inner dentelles gilt. Titlepage browned, worn, and soiled, with old tear repaired in lower third of page. A very good copy, complete with the often lacking contents leaf at the end of the volume. EVANS 2775. SABIN 46474. HOLMES 318. STREETER SALE 672. CHURCH 903. One of Cotton Mather's most important works. "An important exposition of the tenets of Congregationalism that carefully reaffirms the principles of the CAMBRIDGE PLATFORM" - Streeter. A key work of New England church history.