Rider’s British Merlin for the Year of our Lord God 1766
RIDER, Cardanus
Being the Second after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorn'd with many Verities fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy.
IN ORIGINAL ROAN WITH SOLANDER CASE
Published: Printed by H Woodfall for the Company of Stationers, 1765
Stock code: 26947
Price: £265.00
16mo., First Edition, on laid paper, title and text in red and black, one woodcut illustration in the text, gatherings interleaved with blanks, some minimal age-soiling; original full roan, sides with gilt frame border, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, covers moderately age-down and scuffed (but binding entirely sound), original brass clasps present but defective as usual, a very good, sound, clean copy now preserved for the future in custom-made solander case.
A RARE SURVIVAL.