Search Results: an historical essay endeavoring a probability by webb john 1611 1672

London, Nath. Brook, at the Angel in Gresham Colledge, 1669.. FIRST EDITION 1669. Small 8vo, approximately 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, title page printed red and black, pages: [8], 1-212, plus 2 pages with (errata), LACKS FOLDING MAP as often, now supplied with a facsimile on old paper, bound in full contemporary mottled calf, raised bands to spine, gilt decoration in compartments, recent gilt lettered morocco label, gilt ruled border to edges of covers, marbled endpapers. Hinges rubbed and cracked, covers still firmly attached, tiny chip to leather at top of upper hinges, original front endpaper and title page slightly dusty and browned, most pages lightly age-browned, small ink marks and 2 letters to 5 margins, ink spot on 2 text pages, no loss, small brown stain to fore-edge margin of last 4 leaves, not affecting text, pale browning to many margins, slightly trimmed copy, no loss, lacking final blank endpaper which is counted in the collation (P4). A good copy (lacking the original map as noted).… Read More