Lot 72
[Wentworth (Paul)] The Miscellanie, or, A Registrie, and Methodicall Directorie of Orizons, first edition, 1615.
Estimate: £750 - 1,000
Description
[Wentworth (Paul)] The Miscellanie, or, A Registrie, and Methodicall Directorie of Orizons, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title frayed with loss to border and with central hole with loss to a few words, third *1 and *2 chipped at foot with loss to catchwords, a few ff. a little frayed, dampstaining and occasional browning, ink inscriptions to endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary vellum, oval hole cut from spine and upper cover, a little soiled, slip-case, [STC 25244], small 4to, for J. Harison, dwelling at the signe of the golden Anchor in Paternoster row, 1615.
⁂ Rare, we can trace only this copy at auction in the last 70 years.
Provenance: John Couchman (ink inscription to rear endpaper); John Bolld (ink inscription to inside upper cover dated 1695).
Description
[Wentworth (Paul)] The Miscellanie, or, A Registrie, and Methodicall Directorie of Orizons, first edition, title within typographic border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title frayed with loss to border and with central hole with loss to a few words, third *1 and *2 chipped at foot with loss to catchwords, a few ff. a little frayed, dampstaining and occasional browning, ink inscriptions to endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary vellum, oval hole cut from spine and upper cover, a little soiled, slip-case, [STC 25244], small 4to, for J. Harison, dwelling at the signe of the golden Anchor in Paternoster row, 1615.
⁂ Rare, we can trace only this copy at auction in the last 70 years.
Provenance: John Couchman (ink inscription to rear endpaper); John Bolld (ink inscription to inside upper cover dated 1695).