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Early Books, Five Volumes, 17th Century English Imprints. Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, London: by M. Clark for Littlebury et al., 1683, folio; Thomas Jackson's Treatise of the Divine Essence and Attributes, London: by M.F. for John Clarke, 1628, quarto; Allestree's Gentleman's Calling, London: for T. Garthwait, 1660, octavo; Stillingfleet's Relation of a Conference Held about Religion, London: Moses Pitt, 1676, octavo; [and] John Spencer's Discourse Concerning Prodigies, Cambridge: by Field for Graves, 1663, quarto; all volumes with binding problems, boards detached, et cetera; not collated. (5)
Estimate $250-350
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John Clarke, John Spencer, Thomas Jackson, Moses Pitt, Edward Lord Herbert, Henry, Cambridge, LondonJohn Dorfman
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