Search Results: 16th and 17th Century from Givens Books

St. Paul's Church-yard, London: Printed by G.Croom, for Joseph Watts at the Angel, 1692 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Fair full- leather with rubbed edges, chipping at top of spine, 1" split at bottom of front hinge; prior owner bookplate on fep; epp are age-tanned; text is clean & tight; nice copy overall but exterior is only fair.

Nicholas De Rache, 1643 Book. Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5" tall. Front cover detached. Rear interior hinge cracked. Two Brass Clasps still in VG condition - still firmly secured to covers & still closing neatly and securely. Spine leather a bit cracked, covers have wear at extremities. General, expected wear for 17th C. book. No rfep. Browning to front epps, virtually no foxing.

In French. The Life and Works of Marcus Aurelius. Hard to find edition. Leather and vellum. Size: ~5" x ~3". Binding tight. Some leather worn away on tops and bottoms of spine. Pages clean for age, ink scribble on title page (see photos).

Johannis Konig, 1655 Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. Bound in vellum; epps are still completely whole, but exterior of rear hinge split & front hinge partially split. Interiors clean and supple 976pp plus Latin index.

Book is a Binding Copy, with all text pages present. Cover boards are present, and worn, cover spine is absent. Title pages to page A (Advertisement) 2 are attached to the front cover board. Pages A (Advertisement) 3-128 are together. Page 129- end are attached to the rear cover board. Pages are yellowed from age, and have some edge chipping and closed tears, but are very readable.