first edition Hardcover
1641 · London
by Heywood, Thomas
London: J. Okes (Oakes), 1641. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 4to. (70)376pp. Contemporary leather boards, nicely rebacked to style with six compartments with raised bands, gilt title. Text lacks the dedication leaf and the 'To the Reader" leaf, otherwise complete. The frontispiece of Merlin is in an excellent facsimile. Original boards worn at edges, and aside from the rebacking, facsimile, and two leaves, a very good copy.
Reprinted in 1812 and 1813 but scarce in this first edition and rare in a contemporary binding. Wing H1786. Lowndes, p. 1064. ESTC R10961. (Inventory #: 23734)
Reprinted in 1812 and 1813 but scarce in this first edition and rare in a contemporary binding. Wing H1786. Lowndes, p. 1064. ESTC R10961. (Inventory #: 23734)