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BLAGRAVE, JOHN (CIRCA 1558-1611): 'THE ART OF DYALLING IN TWO PARTS..'

BLAGRAVE, JOHN (CIRCA 1558-1611): 'THE ART OF DYALLING IN TWO PARTS..' London: Printed for N[icholas]O[kes] for Simon Waterson, 1609. 4to (187 x 145mm). Woodcut diagrams, some full page (a few marginal wormtracks without loss, some very light staining). Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments (extremities rubbed, later endpapers, upper inner hinges reinforced). FIRST EDITION. STC 3116. Provenance: The Right Honble. Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, Viscount Maldon, & Baron Capell of Hadham, 1701 (armorial bookplate on verso of title).