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Sale 3721
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Estimate$5,000 – $8,000
First Edition in English of Aristotle's Politics
London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1598. First edition in English. Folio. (xxx), 393, (5) pp; including errata; lacking front and rear blanks. Illustrated with woodcut device on title-page, decorated woodcut initials, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Full contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript along spine, leather ties perished, scattered soiling, small open tear in upper spine; later stiff paste-downs presumably to reinforce limp vellum; head of title-page and dedication trimmed close; scattered toning to text; repairs in fore-edge of Mm3. ESTC S106844
Rare first edition in English of Aristotle's highly influential and important political text. Translated into English from Loys Le Roy's French translation.
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