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1699 · V76045 — London: hos. Bennet 1699. Hardcover. Good. titlepage in red and black and all edges sprinkled red with top edge darkened. 8vo Newer brown leather with 5 raised bands to spine and gilt title date and rules to spine. Covers with blindstamped floral panells and with darker prinkled middle compartment to both covers.Edges quite worn & chipped especially to corners/ inner hinges reinforced Titlepage in double ruled border 6p =Preface 266pp 4p index. Page 265/6 and first leaf of index have some soiling and some paper loss to the outer margin not anywhere near the text. There are three fonts used in the book. Greek letter italic and Roman and they are also used in the side notes of the outer margin. At the foot of the pages in the front about a dozen pages have a tide mark not impinging on the print and in gathering O & P there is another feint tidemark which just touches the bottom two lines of text. Page 279/280 are cut a bit short but there is still plenty of margin. The last section of the text deals with the Fables of Aesop and how Bentley has traduced them. This copy is the 3rd edition of Boyle's book and has some additional new material added. hos. Bennet hardcover