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EDWARD TOPSELL
The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, London: E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge and others, 1658. 3 parts in one volume. 2° (337 x 212mm). Half title, 3 titles with woodcut vignettes, numerous woodcut illustrations. (A few leaves with small section of lower margin torn away, occasional light spotting and dampstaining). 19th-century calf (upper joint splitting, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: George Leicester Warren (bookplate); Lord Viscount Courtenay (gilt stamp on upper cover); indistinct owner's signature on front endpaper and some early annotation.
Second edition. Freeman 3730; Nissen ZBI 4147; Wing G624; Wood 599.
The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, London: E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge and others, 1658. 3 parts in one volume. 2° (337 x 212mm). Half title, 3 titles with woodcut vignettes, numerous woodcut illustrations. (A few leaves with small section of lower margin torn away, occasional light spotting and dampstaining). 19th-century calf (upper joint splitting, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: George Leicester Warren (bookplate); Lord Viscount Courtenay (gilt stamp on upper cover); indistinct owner's signature on front endpaper and some early annotation.
Second edition. Freeman 3730; Nissen ZBI 4147; Wing G624; Wood 599.
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