$600
Estimate: $600 - $900
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer, Part III
Auction: January 30, 2020 10:00:00 AM EDT
London: Printed for Matt. Gilliflower, Henry Rogers, Thom. Fox, 1684. First collected edition. 12mo. (14), 317 pp., (3) pp. ads. 19th-century three-quarter black calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, rebacked with spine laid down; all edges trimmed; new endpapers; text trimmed (close to top line on title-page and close to running headlines); lacking preliminary leaf; scattered annotations in pencil; rear free endpaper torn. [Wing H2266].
The first two discourses were first circulated in manuscript in 1640 as the "Elements of Law" and were then published separately in 1650. The third discourse was first published in 1654.