Lot 163
R. (N.) Proverbs English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. All Englished and Alphabetically Digested, for Simon Miller, 1659.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
R. (N.) Proverbs English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. All Englished and Alphabetically Digested, 3 advertisement ff. at end and final f. with vertical half-title to verso, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, later ink ownership inscription of W.A.Hepher to front free endpaper, title with inner margin bound tight just touching text, A3 with glue repair to inner margin obscuring a few letters, C12 with small loss and abrasion marks to lower inner margin, some soiling and the odd spot, final advertisement f. with short tear into text but no loss, later panelled calf, worn at spine ends and corners, rubbed, joints cracked but holding, [Wing R56], 12mo, for Simon Miller, 1659.
⁂ Scarce. We can trace only one copy at auction in the last 50 years.
Description
R. (N.) Proverbs English, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. All Englished and Alphabetically Digested, 3 advertisement ff. at end and final f. with vertical half-title to verso, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, later ink ownership inscription of W.A.Hepher to front free endpaper, title with inner margin bound tight just touching text, A3 with glue repair to inner margin obscuring a few letters, C12 with small loss and abrasion marks to lower inner margin, some soiling and the odd spot, final advertisement f. with short tear into text but no loss, later panelled calf, worn at spine ends and corners, rubbed, joints cracked but holding, [Wing R56], 12mo, for Simon Miller, 1659.
⁂ Scarce. We can trace only one copy at auction in the last 50 years.