first edition leather_bound
1726 · Cambridge
by Knight, Samuel
Cambridge: Corn. Crownfield, 1726. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf professionally rebacked in antique calf with green morocco spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 8vo, 23 x 14cm, (*4),A-Z8,Aa-Bb2,A1-K4, twenty copper-engraved plates, some are fold-outs. Appendix. Index. DIBDIN LIBRARY COMPANION p. 517. "Of the same class is Dr. Knight; whose`Lives of Colet and Erasmus' are in every well appointed library, and bring considerable prices; merely because they contain some interesting plates executed by the respectable burin of Vertue." LOWNDES 1285. Extremities rubbed, corner wear, all edges red, armorial bookplate back cover paste-down, text and plates very clean. (Inventory #: 12293)