BINDING -- Sir Roger TWYSDEN. An Historical Vindication of the Church of England in point of schism, as it stands separated from the Roman, and was reformed I. Elizabeth, London: for Robert Pawlet, 1675, 4°, title in red and black with engraved vignette, with 2-page advertisement for Robert Pawlet's books at end, FINE CONTEMPORARY LONDON RED MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT, covers with overall pattern of drawer-tools, flowers, flower-heads and roundells within a ruled and roll-tooled border, spine gilt-tooled in six compartments with raised bands (light rubbing along spine and to corners, very neat repairs to two corners and the spine), g. e. [Wing T-3554]

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BINDING -- Sir Roger TWYSDEN. An Historical Vindication of the Church of England in point of schism, as it stands separated from the Roman, and was reformed I. Elizabeth, London: for Robert Pawlet, 1675, 4°, title in red and black with engraved vignette, with 2-page advertisement for Robert Pawlet's books at end, FINE CONTEMPORARY LONDON RED MOROCCO ELABORATELY TOOLED IN GILT, covers with overall pattern of drawer-tools, flowers, flower-heads and roundells within a ruled and roll-tooled border, spine gilt-tooled in six compartments with raised bands (light rubbing along spine and to corners, very neat repairs to two corners and the spine), g. e. [Wing T-3554]

Provenance

Thomas Knatchbull, armorial bookplate dated 1702.

Lot Essay

A SUMPTUOUS BINDING, POSSIBLY FOR PRESENTATION, FROM ARGUABLY THE GREATEST PERIOD OF ENGLISH BINDING. The design is reminiscent of the work of "Queen's binder A," but we have been unable to match any of the tools. A pencil note on the front free endpaper attributes the binding to Mearns.

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