William Lilly; ed. Katharine Briggs – The Last of the Astrologers 1974
£125.00
1 in stock
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| hb/dj | Lilly, William; ed. Briggs, Katharine | The Last of the Astrologers: Mr. William Lilly’s History of His Life and Times from the year 1602 to 1681 – Reprinted from the second edition of 1715 with Notes and Introduction by Katharine M. Briggs | 1st thus | The Folklore Society, London | 1974 | £125 | A scholarly annotated reset reprint of the original second edition of 1715 | Original deep blue cloth in near-fine condition, with almost no visible wear, just a hint of light rubbing to lower outer corner of rear board. Gilt titling to spine still bright. In vgc+ dj with two short tears to top edge of front panel and one to top edge of rear panel; slight staining to upper inner marginal area of rear panel, and light surface discoloration to front panel; 3mm tear to foot of spine; front flap clipped at lower outer corner. Ffep with assorted plain-pencilled bookseller notes to upper and lower margins. No internal markings found to any printed page, and no faults found. A near-fine copy in vgc+ dj of this scarce scholarly edition of William Lilly’s autobiography |
Additional information
| Weight | 0.315 kg |
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