[Digby (Sir Kenelm)], Two Treatises. In the one of which, Th...

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[Digby (Sir Kenelm)], Two Treatises. In the one of which, The Nature of Bodies; In the other, The Nature of Man’s Soule (sic), is Looked into: In Way of Discovery of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules (sic), second edition, but first edition printed in England, London: Printed for John Williams, and are to be sold at the Crowne in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1645, first treatise: title-page and the next four leaves repaired, ditto signature Ee, lacking portrait frontispiece and final leaf of text, signature K-K2 supplied in facsimile; second treatise: repaired divisional title and A2, unevenly cropped in places throughout with no discernible loss of text, but in places close to the running title, some toning, browning, stains, etc., very occasional and infrequent marginalia, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, 19th century endpapers, 4to, [&]  Smith (John, M.D.), The Pourtract of Old Age. Wherein is contained a Sacred Anatomy Both of Soul, and Body, and A Perfect Account of the Infirmities of Age Incident to them Both […], second edition, London: Printed for J. Macock, et al., 1676, title-page lower-margin cropped, A7 supplied in loosely-inserted ink manuscript, folding table detached and now loosely-inserted, contemporary blind-ruled sheep (cracked, split, chipped and rubbed; spine perished, yet holding), marbled edges, 8vo, (2).

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Auction Date: 17th Jan 2023 at 10am

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