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EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Publick Employment and an Active Life... preferr'd to Solitude... By J.E. London: J.M. for H.Herringman, 1667. Small 8° (140 x 85mm). Imprimatur leaf. Contemporary mottled sheep (some light scuffing, slight split to upper joint). Provenance: J.Borthwick (signature); George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Second edition. Keynes 87; Wing E-3512.
John EVELYN. The State of France... Written to a Friend By J.E. London: T.M. for M.M., G.Bedell & T.Collins, 1652. 12° (141 x 80mm). First and last blank, title printed in red and black with engraved monogram. (Wormed throughout with occasional slight loss of text.) Contemporary sheep, ?later morocco lettering-piece (upper joint split, spine chipped at head and foot.) Provenance: Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682, traveller, inscription). FIRST EDITION, ?second issue, with a distinguished provenance. Keynes 3; Wing E-3515.
John EVELYN (translator). An Essay on the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De Rerum Natura. London: Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, 1656. 8° (169 x 103mm). Title in red and black, 1p. errata, 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Engraved frontispiece. (Small rust-hole in G3 affecting one character.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Wing L-3446.
John EVELYN. A Philosophical Discourse of Earth. London: John Martyn, 1676. 8° (160 x 99mm). Licence leaf, final blank. (Occasional light soiling.) Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. Keynes 93; Wing E-3507. (4)
John EVELYN. The State of France... Written to a Friend By J.E. London: T.M. for M.M., G.Bedell & T.Collins, 1652. 12° (141 x 80mm). First and last blank, title printed in red and black with engraved monogram. (Wormed throughout with occasional slight loss of text.) Contemporary sheep, ?later morocco lettering-piece (upper joint split, spine chipped at head and foot.) Provenance: Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682, traveller, inscription). FIRST EDITION, ?second issue, with a distinguished provenance. Keynes 3; Wing E-3515.
John EVELYN (translator). An Essay on the first book of T. Lucretius Carus De Rerum Natura. London: Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, 1656. 8° (169 x 103mm). Title in red and black, 1p. errata, 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Engraved frontispiece. (Small rust-hole in G3 affecting one character.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked). Provenance: George Goyder (armorial bookplate). Wing L-3446.
John EVELYN. A Philosophical Discourse of Earth. London: John Martyn, 1676. 8° (160 x 99mm). Licence leaf, final blank. (Occasional light soiling.) Contemporary panelled calf (rebacked). FIRST EDITION. Keynes 93; Wing E-3507. (4)
