With its flaws, still and overall acceptable copy of this extremely rare title. A bit of brownspotting, mostly at beginning and end. The final leaf with a somewhat crode repair causing loss of some words towards the hinge. The title-page had been repaired at the outer margin, affecting three letters in the last three lines of the subtitle (To open a Method for rendering the/ SCIENCES more easy, useful, and/ compensious), namely the ""he"" in ""the"" and the ""d"" in ""and"" as well as part fo the double-ruled border, which has been drawn up again. Three old owners' names to title-page, two of them crossed out. During the re-backing, new end-papers have been inserted, but the original front end-paper, containing old owners' inscriptions, has been preserved and is still withbound. Contemporary marbled full calf boards, prettily rebacked in period style with gilt title-label, raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine.
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