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Mercvry, or, The secret and swift messenger : shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance / [J. Wilkins].

Accession number
PML 37299
Creator
Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.
Published
London : Printed by I. Norton for Iohn Maynard and Timothy Wilkins ... , 1641.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Roland L. Redmond, March 1942.
Notes
From p. 49-80 and p. 129 to the end many errors in pagination.
Dedicatory epistle to George, Lord Berkley, Baron of Berkley, Mowbray, Segrave and Bruce signed I.W. (i.e. John Wilkins).
Preface signed: I.W.
Errors in paging.
First ed. (DNB.LXV, 267).
Signatures: A⁸-L⁸, M⁶; A1, a blank.
Description
7 p. l., 180 (i.e. 172) p. ; 16 cm
Provenance
Peter Barnham, 1641, blind-tooled across front and rear covers; Roland L. Redmond.
Binding
Contemporary calf, "Peter 1641 Barnham" stamped in blind across the center of both covers.
Classification
Department