PUBLICK EMPLOYMENT AND AN ACTIVE LIFE PREFER'D TO SOLITUDE, AND ALL ITS APPANAGES, SUCH AS FAME, COMMAND, RICHES, CONVERSATION, &C

by John Evelyn

$2,750 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

First edition

London: Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667 . 154 x 92 mm. 6 x 3 5/8 . 8 p.l., 120 pp. FIRST EDITION, First Issue without the errata slip found below the imprimatur in the second issue . Early probably 18th century inexpensive perhaps even temporary vellum-backed marbled paper boards, small paper label at bottom of spine. Front pastedown with armorial Macclesfield bookplate;

• Binding: Leather

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