£50
Wanley (Nathaniel, M.A. and Vicar of Trinity Parish in the City of Coventry), The Wonders of the Little World: Or, a General History of Man [...], first edition, London: T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-street, et al., 1678, black-ruled title-page, printed in black-ruled double-columns, signatures [A1]-2 & [Qqqq1]-2 repaired, a few markings in places, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, refreshed endpapers, folio in 4s (37 x 24.4cm), [Wing W709] [&] [Earle (John)], Microcosmography: or, A Piece of the World Discover'd. In Essays and Characters, London: Printed by E. Say, 1732, title-page apocryphally attributed to Samuel Wesley, and somewhat creased, upper-right margin with former damp-staining, but not affecting legibility, contemporary calf gilt, split and worn, but OK and holding, 12mo in 6s, (2)
Provenance: 1st: The Worshippfull (sic) Edward Hyde Esquire/His Booke (sic) 1696, several dated ink MS inscriptions to verso of signature Pppp, including references to 'supping'. 2nd: 1) The Reverend Timothy Lee (d. 1777), of Ackworth, Yorkshire, his 18th c armorial bookplates to recto pastedown and verso of title-page. 2) David Stather (1940-2022), Yorkshire bibliophile, his ex libris label dated 1981 to ffep.
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