WOTTON, HENRY, Sir.

Reliquie wottoniane: or, a collection of lives, letters, poems; with characters of sundry personages: and other incomparable pieces of language and art. Also additional letters of several persons, not before printed ... The third edition, with large additions.

London: T. Roycroft, 1672. 8vo, pp. [86], 582, [2]; engraved frontispiece portrait, 3 other engraved portraits; contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco label on spine; nice copy. Contains Wotton's The Elements of Architecture, the first work on architecture published in English, first published in 1624, as well as letters, poems, a meditation on Christmas, a survey of education, a panegyric on King Charles, etc. Wing W-3650. Item #27141

Price: $850.00