Description
Londini: Typis EFImpensis Benj. Tooke ad Insigne Navis in Coemeterio Paulino, 1679, First Edition. Recent quarter leather binding with gilt titles to a black label, five gilt lined raised bands, blind tooled decoration to the compartments, marbled boards, new end papers, with 18 plates at the rear of the volume. Pagination: [xvi including title and first page], 322, [22]pp with 18 plates bound in at the rear. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall (17.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – gilt titles to a black label, five gilt lined raised bands, blind tooled compartments. Joints – very good condition – sound. Corners – very good condition – sound. Boards – very good condition – quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards. Page edges – good condition – top edge darkened, all tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound. Paste downs – very good condition – new. End papers – very good condition – new. Title – good condition – tanned. Pages – good condition – some foxing and marks, tanned. Binding – very good condition – attractive.
