- 677
Raleigh, Sir Walter
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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- Raleigh, Sir Walter
- The Cabinet Council: Containing the Chief Arts of Empire, and the Mysteries of State; Discabineted in Political and Polemical Aphorisms;... published by John Milton, Esg;.. London: by Tho. Newcomb for Tho. Johnson at the sign of the Key in St. Pauls Churchyard, near the West-end, 1658
- ink, paper, leather
8vo (5 1/2 x 3 /12 ins.; 140 x 92 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Vaughn; contemporary ownership signature on title, else a fine, crisp copy. Contemporary sheep; rubbed, some exposure of corners, spine ends a bit frayed, small hole in spine.
Provenance
Constantin Huyghens (Bonhams, March 27, 2007, lot 174).
acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Literature
Wing R156; ESTC R8392; Pforzheimer 817; Sabin 67599
Catalogue Note
First edition. While the attribution to Raleigh has been questioned, the present remains of immense interest for English political theory.