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| Category : Science & Medicine (Pre-1930) > Other Antique Science, Medical | Item Id: 185478 | | Subject: Literature & Fiction | Region: Europe | | Topic: Classics | Language: English | | Original/Facsimile: Original | Literature & Fiction: Satire | | Binding: Fine Binding | History: Europe | | Special Attributes: Woodcuts, Restoration, Political Science, Philosophy, Renaissance, 1st Translation, 17th Century Calf, Folio, Jacobean, Literature, Classics, Novels, Spanish Literature, Cervantes, Shelton | Science & Medicine: Early Modern | | Publisher: Scot | Philosophy: Political Theory | | Place of Publication: London | Literature: Fantasy | | Year Printed: 1675 | English Literature: Jacobean | | Author: Cervantes | English History: Stuart |
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| PROVENANCE | 1. E. Dolben (late 17th or early 18th century ownership signature at the head of the title) | A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE IN ITS ORIGINAL MID-17TH CENTURY ENGLISH PANELED CALF BINDING
2. James Affleck (19th century bookplate on the front endpaper)
3. Unidentified 19th or early 20th century armorial bookplate laid-in.
The volume and leaves are of a standard 17th-century small folio size
THE VOLUME IS VERY ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN FULL MID-17TH CENTURY ENGLISH PANELED CALF, CONTEMPORARY TO THE TIME OF PUBLICATION
It was rebacked expertly in the 20th century, with the original 17th century spine laid down
THE VOLUME MEASURES ABOUT 26.7 CM BY 18.4 CM BY 3.9 CM
EACH LEAF MEASURES ABOUT 261 MM BY 171 MM
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