Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language

by John Wilkins

$8,500 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION. Bound in contemporary mottled calf some pitting to the boards; repairs to the hinges, spine, and corners . The text and plates are in fine condition, with just a few tears no loss and creases to the folding tables, and some minor blemishes faint stain to the outer margin of the opening leaves, small burn hole on four leaves, a little very faint foxing in the upper margin, a few small ink stains, one marginal tear. .

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