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London: Printed by T.H. for Richard Chiswell, 1679-81, London: Printed for J. Churchill, 1715. In three volumes. First edition; variant of first part, with ad mounted at bottom of final leaf of text. Folio. Illustrated with engraved vignette title-pages in first and second volume, five (of seven) engraved portrait plates in first part, eight engraved plates in second part, and five engraved plates in third, supplementary, volume. Three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, red leather spine labels, stamped in gilt, minor wear and rubbing to boards and spines; red speckled edges; contemporary ownership inscriptions on title-pages from Magdalen College, Oxford; scattered wear and soiling to text and plates; scattered short closed tears and small paper loses along edges of text. ESTC R36341, R19796, T112809