Willsford, Thomas. Natures Secrets. Or, the Admirable and wonderful History Of the generation of Meteors.
1st. Ed. Pub. for Nath. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, London. 1658 pp.[xiv], 199, [i] with full-page woodcut illus. on p.150 plus 8-pages of publisher’s adverts. Small 8vo. Hardback. Frontis. removed, some headlines just clipped. Minor worm trail, and early, light coloured mark to bottom corner c.20 leaves, o/w. contents nr. fine. Early quarter leather over marbled boards in good condition, cords exposed at front hinge, text block firm and fine.
First edition of this rare Aristotelian cosmology and explanation of comets and meteors, dedicated to Lady Stafford.
£1,500.00 [ref: 62132]

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