E[VELYN], J[ohn] (1620-1706). Publick Employment and an Active Life prefer'd to Solitude, and all its Appanages, London: J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667. 8° (156 x 90mm). With the first imprimatur leaf. (A few leaves somewhat soiled.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked, a little rubbed). FIRST EDITION of Evelyn's reply to George Mackenzie's His Moral Essay preferring Solitude to Publick Employment (Edinburgh, 1665). Keynes 85; Wing E3510.