Lot 241
Fairfax (Nathaniel) A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World, first edition, 1674.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Fairfax (Nathaniel) A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World. Wherein the greatness, littleness and lastingness of bodies are freely handled, first edition, title within double-rule border, woodcut initials and headpiece, with initial blank and final 2 advertisement ff., light soiling to title, some fraying to last few ff., some light browning towards end, outer half of front free endpaper cut away, contemporary speckled calf, spine ends chipped, upper joint cracked, [Wing F131], 8vo, for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head in Cornhill, over against the Royal Exchange, 1674.
⁂ A curious work of amateur metaphysics with references to Descartes, Galileo, Boyle, Browne, Baxter, Wilkins and Hobbes.
Description
Fairfax (Nathaniel) A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World. Wherein the greatness, littleness and lastingness of bodies are freely handled, first edition, title within double-rule border, woodcut initials and headpiece, with initial blank and final 2 advertisement ff., light soiling to title, some fraying to last few ff., some light browning towards end, outer half of front free endpaper cut away, contemporary speckled calf, spine ends chipped, upper joint cracked, [Wing F131], 8vo, for Robert Boulter, at the Turks-Head in Cornhill, over against the Royal Exchange, 1674.
⁂ A curious work of amateur metaphysics with references to Descartes, Galileo, Boyle, Browne, Baxter, Wilkins and Hobbes.
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