From Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 03 January 1999
FIRST HILL EDITION 1726. Small folio, approximately 220 x 160 mm, 8½ x 6½ inches, woodcut and line diagrams, head- and tailpieces, pages: [12] - title page with recommendation from Edmund Halley on verso, Dedication, Preface, Explanation of Signs etc., and List of Subscribers, pages: [1]-267 followed by Errata, bound in full calf, rebacked in lighter leather, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules to raised bands and edges of covers, edges red, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Roden and private library ticket with case and shelf number. Some shelf wear to edges and corners, light rubbing to label slightly affecting gilt, pale dampstaining to top margins, not affecting text, pale age-browning affecting a few pages at rear, neat old ink numbering to top corners of rectos throughout with no relation to the actual numbering, 2 small closed tears neatly repaired, not affecting text, 3 old ink ownership names on last blank margin, occasional small ink spot to top corner of last page, small stain to red edges, otherwise a very good tight copy. See: THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF MACCLESFIELD. PART IV: SCIENCE, No. 736, the copy listed lacking list of subscribers; ESTC T131718. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 47772
Title: THE SIX FIRST: Together with the Eleventh ...
Publisher: London printed by William Peason and sold by Bonwicke Fayram and Motte MDCCXXVI
Publication Date: 1726
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
FIRST HILL EDITION 1726. Small folio, approximately 220 x 160 mm, 8½ x 6½ inches, woodcut and line diagrams, head- and tailpieces, pages: [12] - title page with recommendation from Edmund Halley on verso, Dedication, Preface, Explanation of Signs etc., and List of Subscribers, pages: [1]-267 followed by Errata, bound in full calf, rebacked in lighter leather, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules to raised bands and edges of covers, edges red, engraved armorial bookplate of the Earl of Roden and private library ticket with case and shelf number. Some shelf wear to edges and corners, light rubbing to label slightly affecting gilt, pale dampstaining to top margins, not affecting text, pale age-browning affecting a few pages at rear, neat old ink numbering to top corners of rectos throughout with no relation to the actual numbering, 2 small closed tears neatly repaired, not affecting text, 3 old ink ownership names on last blank margin, occasional small ink spot to top corner of last page, small stain to red edges, otherwise a very good tight copy. See: THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF MACCLESFIELD. PART IV: SCIENCE, No. 736, the copy listed lacking list of subscribers; ESTC T131718. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 49299
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