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[London] : Printed by W. Iaggard, 1611., 1611. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small folio. 29cm x 19cm. Title page within engraved decorative border, trimmed at foredge. [22], 172,177--577,[1]pp. Lacks Q3,4. Contemporary full calf with some loss at foot of spine, rubbed, raised bands, label. Notwithstanding the loss of 2 leaves, this work is very uncommon in commerce with no apparent auction records. It is only represented in 3 US Libraries. This work was planned as a multi-volume work but, in the end, only volume 1, book 1 was published. Bunny was best known for his 'Scepter of Judah'.

A Paris Chez De Hansy, 1774. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 20cm x 13cm. Engraved frontis opposite typographic title. Full page engravings throughout. Text in Latin and French double column in places. Marbled boards. Original red polished calf with elaborate gilt tooling comprising dentelle decorated border with fleurons at the corners - to front and rear boards. Heavy gilt decorated compartments within raised bands, green label. A very attractive and original French C18th binding

12mo. 14cm x 9cm. 7th edition. 1833. Portrait frontis of John Kent, tissue guarded facing title page. 335pp contemp pencil notes. Original black leather boards rebacked in style with new label and lettering. The only holding of this edition is in the British Library. Kent was a Calvinist hymn writer from Devon, England, born in 1766.

8vo. 18cm x 12cm. With a 23pp Foreword by Richard Baxter. Collates complete as per ESTC [64],215,[1],48,47-252,[2]pp Text pages are really very good, crisp and well-margined. Minimal minor marks. Lovely original C17th boards sympathetically rebacked over raised bands with red label. Jacomb was a moderate Puritan who was installed as a D.D. in Cambridge at the Restoration; however, he was ejected for non-conformity in 1662.