Westmorland, Mildway Fane, Earl of

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

Otia Sacra. London: by Richard Cotes, 1648
ink, paper, leather

4to (7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 185 x 142 mm). Two parts in one, each with engraved title-pages by William Marshall, two additional full-page engravings and woodcut diagrams; very light occasional spotting to a few margins. Contemporary blind-ruled calf; upper joint cracked, small crack to lower joint, some minor loss at foot of spine. Half-morocco case.

Provenance

John Fleming (Christie's, 1988, lot 362). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch

Literature

Wing W 1476; ESTC R226695

Catalogue Note

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on blank recto of engraved title: "J. Warde Ex dono prenobil. ill: Com: Westmorland, Author.

Robert Herrick appealed to the author to publish this volume of religious and occasional verse, referring to him in his own poetry as "Noble Westmorland."