STEWART MaryMareMagnum
RIDER CardanusMareMagnum
Rider's British Merlin for the Year of our Lord God 1766. Being the Second after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorn'd with many Verities fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy. IN ORIGINAL ROAN WITH SOLANDER CASE
16mo., First Edition, on laid paper, title and text in red and black, one woodcut illustration in the text, gatherings interleaved with blanks, some minimal age-soiling; original full roan, sides with gilt frame border, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, covers moderately age-down and scuffed (but binding entirely sound), original brass clasps present but defective as usual, a very good, sound, clean copy now preserved for the future in custom-made solander case. A RARE SURVIVAL.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB301,39 €
