Description
"Epistolae Ho-Eliane." Familiar Letters, Domestick and Foreign. Divided into Four Books. Partly Historical, Political, Philosophical. Upon Emergent Occasions. By James Howell, Esq., T.G., London, 1705, 510pp, leather, 4.5 x 7.5", 16mo Poor condition/as is. Front and rear boards are completely detached from binding. Wear and chipping to boards with bumped tips. Boards show Cambridge-style binding. First compartment of spine shows significant chipping and binding is exposed at headcap. Remainder of spine also shows cracking and chipping, but is legible. Marginalia on front pastedown, endpaper, and scattered throughout textblock. Frontispiece opposite title page. Toning, age-staining, and some instances of ink-staining throughout textblock. Small holes and rips are present in some pages, likely due to water damage. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. Epistolae Ho-Elianae is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlier travels he made from 1616 on behalf of a London glass factory. It originally appeared in three volumes from 1645 to 1650 with a fourth volume being added in a collected edition of 1655. It has been suggested that some of the letters are fictional and the selection of recipients has also been attributed to patronage relationships. FORN-MSB-0224-TUB0003-JC96-XX
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