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FRANCIS QUARLES' ENCHIRIDION
Enchiridion. Containing institutions, divine contemplative practical, moral ethical oeconomical political.
London: Humphrey Moseley, 1658 [c.1830].
12mo (5.75 x 4.75 inches). Full black morocco, with wide gilt raised bands. Gilt and blind rule and blind floral roll framing boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate. Contemporary inscription to reverse of frontispiece portrait, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title page. Wide margins. A very attractive and unusually proportioned copy.
A very handsome copy of Quarles' immensely popular work. "Enchiridion (1640, augmented 1641), a book of aphorisms, rivalled Emblemes in popular appeal and the number of editions. Borrowing from Machiavelli and Bacon, Quarles brings together timeless wisdom tersely expressed, and political advice for a king threatened by civil war." (DNB).
£130.00
(equal to approx. US$205.90* or €154.89* for 9 February 2012)
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