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[RELIGION]. [EDWARDS, Jonathan (1703-1758) subject]. [HOPKINS, Samuel (1721-1803)]. The Life and Character of the Late Reverend Learned and Pious Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New Jersey… And Also Eighteen Select Sermons… Edinburgh: Alexander Jardine, 1799. Small 8vo. viii, [1]-388 pp. Approximately 6 ¾ x 4”. Bound to style in modern full brown calf, black gilt morocco lettering label, five raised bands, text with occasional creasing, foxing, thumbsoiling). Near fine. FIRST EDITION, LATER PRINTING WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SERMONS. This biography of the third president of Princeton University, and the only biography of him written by someone who knew him. As an aside, Edwards was the grandfather of vice president Aaron Burr.