The English grammar made by Ben Jonson for the benefit of all strangers out of the observation of the English language now spoken and in use. With a prefatory note by Strickland Gibson M.A. Bodleian Library.
London: Lanston Monotype Corp. 1928. Small 8vo, pp. vi-[viii], 93-[96]; folding type specimen at the back, yapp edges; fine in original art-vellum decorated in blind, glassine jacket and publisher's marbled slipcase. Nicely printed throughout in Baldo italic and Polyphilus roman on laid paper. A verbatim reprint of the original edition of 1640, with variant readings from the imperfect 1692 edition. This copy with a presentation in pencil on the flyleaf from the president of the Langston Monotype Co., dated 1928. Item #15412
Price: $200.00
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