Lot 74: DEE, JOHN.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A True & Faithful Relation of What passed for many Yeers between Dr. John Dee... and Some Spirits... His Private Conferences with Rodolphe Emperor of Germany... The Particulars of his Cause... his Banishment, and Restoration in part. As also the letters... to the said D. Dee. Out of the Original Copy, written with Dr. Dee's own Hand... With a Preface confirming the Reality (as to the Point of Spirits) of this Relation... by Meric. Casaubon... London: for T. Garthwait, 1659

first edition, folio (340 x 205mm.), title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and three plates (one folding), numerous woodcut headpieces and initials, recased preserving contemporary calf, occasional tears and repairs, occasional spotting and damp-staining, small hole to B4, binding worn, new endpapers

Wing D811

Uriah Yarrow and Dan Catlin, contemporary inscriptions