Dallington, Sir Robert

2 parts in one volume, small folio (10 7/8 x 7 in.; 275 x 178 mm). Woodcut printer’s device on title, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Prince Charles on title verso, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; some slight marginal soiling on a few leaves.  Nineteenth-century olive morocco, gilt-ruled border and gilt-stamped laurel wreath on both covers; ties missing.

Earl of Winchelsea (signature on dedication page) – E.S. & H. Lloyd (engraved armorial bookplate).  Acquisition: Christopher Edwards, 2002

STC 6197; ESTC S109203

some slight marginal soiling on a few leaves. Nineteenth-century olive morocco, gilt-ruled border and gilt-stamped laurel wreath on both covers; ties missing.
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First edition. The author, who translated part of The Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, became Master of the Charterhouse. The work is dedicated to the young Prince Charles (later King Charles I) whose youthful portrait adorns the title verso. A fine, crisp copy.