first edition
1655 · London
by Thomas Dring
London: Printed for Thomas Dring, at the signe of the George in Fleetstreet neare Cliffords Inne, 1655. Very Good. London: Printed for Thomas Dring, at the signe of the George in Fleetstreet neare Cliffords Inne, 1655. First Edition. Octavo. Unpaginated, collated and lacking only final blank leaf (L8). Contemporary calf boards; spine rebacked with five raised bands and gilt decoration; new endpapers. Mild rubbing and scuffing to boards and binding sound. Edges trimmed though text only occasionally, briefly affected. Recent owner's bookplate to front pastedown and binder's ticket to rear. Likely contemporary ink annotations to bottom of each page, adding (truncated)