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[DRAKE, Sir FRANCIS]. CROUCH, NATHANIEL ("R[ichard]. B[urton]."). The English Heroe: or, Sir Francis Drake Revived. London: for Nath. Crouch 1687. 12mo, contemporary calf, covers with blind roll-tooled borders, modern folding chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, 3 large gouges to upper cover, joints cracked, corner of fol. F10 torn with loss to catchword, small perforation to fol. I9, affecting woodcut on recto and 2 letters on verso, one or two catchwords shaved. FIRST EDITION, the first of several popular chapbook editions, engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 text woodcuts (including one repeat). Wing C 7321A; Sabin 9500; H.P. Kraus, Sir Francis Drake (Amsterdam 1970), 45. Rare.
Provenance: T.N. Brushfield, bookplate.
Provenance: T.N. Brushfield, bookplate.