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London: John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery, 1680.. Second edition thus. Folio. Erratically paginated as usual but this copy also lacking two leaves: (32), 163, 164-179 (variously misnumbered), (1), (8), (4), 199-262 , 265 (misnumbered as 256)-267, (5), 267-314 but pp. 275/76 (Oo) and 281/82 (Oo4) apparently never bound in, 317-431, (5), 433-528, pp. Fairly recent full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered black label, renewed endpapers but with one of the original flyleaves retained to the front featuring the ownership inscription of a Charles Walmesley dated 1802, the same name in a similar or possibly earlier hand appears on the title page, a few marginal annotations to the contents leaves, an additional leaf bound in towards the front of the volume in "Machiavel's Letter" being a near contemporary handwritten lengthy excerpt from Henry Neville's pamphlet "Machiavel's vindication of himself and his writings against the imputation of impiety, atheism, and… Read More