The history of the Royal Society of London

by Thomas Sprat

$1,250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: J. Martyn & J. Allestry, 1667. 4to. xvi , 438, 2 pp. FIRST EDITION. Includes the rare imprimatur leaf with arms of the Royal Society on the verso, 2 engraved plates, errata leaf, but as often without the engraved frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar. Contemporary calf, spine in compartments with red morocco spine label; a fantastic copy with the bookplate of John Rolfe and the signature of M. Morton Smith. Item

• Binding: Leather

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