Lot 81

World.- Heylyn (Peter) Mikrokosmos [graece]. A Little Description of the Great World, fourth edition, Oxford, W. T[urner]. for William Turner, and Thomas Huggins, 1629.

Estimate: £400 - 600

Description

World.- Heylyn (Peter) Mikrokosmos [graece]. A Little Description of the Great World, fourth edition, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title detached, with margins a little chipped and browned, folding table partially backed with short repaired tear, light soiling, occasional foxing or browning, bookplates, 19th century calf, backstrip lacking upper portion and peeled away from upper joint, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover detached, [Sabin 31656; STC 13279], small 4to, Oxford, W. T[urner]. for William Turner, and Thomas Huggins, 1629.

⁂ Provenance: Edmund Philips (armorial bookplate); Rugby School Library (bookplates).

Description

World.- Heylyn (Peter) Mikrokosmos [graece]. A Little Description of the Great World, fourth edition, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title detached, with margins a little chipped and browned, folding table partially backed with short repaired tear, light soiling, occasional foxing or browning, bookplates, 19th century calf, backstrip lacking upper portion and peeled away from upper joint, rubbed and scuffed, upper cover detached, [Sabin 31656; STC 13279], small 4to, Oxford, W. T[urner]. for William Turner, and Thomas Huggins, 1629.

⁂ Provenance: Edmund Philips (armorial bookplate); Rugby School Library (bookplates).

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