Day (Angel) The English Secretary, or Methode of writing of Epistles and Letters, fourth edition, title with elaborate woodcut border, woodcut device on final leaf of text, contemporary ink signature and a couple of annotations to title, contemporary note to verso of final leaf, lightly browned, ink stain to outer margin of signatures I-Q affecting one or two side-notes, light water-staining towards end, printer's waste endpapers stained and frayed, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and stained, lacking ties, small hole to spine, [STC 6404], small 4to, by P.S. for C.Burbie, 1599. ⁂ The most comprehensive work of its kind at the time, first published in 1586 and scarce in any edition. ESTC lists only 2 copies in the UK (BL & Liverpool University) and 5 locations in America.
Day (Angel) The English Secretary, or Methode of writing of Epistles and Letters, fourth edition, title with elaborate woodcut border, woodcut device on final leaf of text, contemporary ink signature and a couple of annotations to title, contemporary note to verso of final leaf, lightly browned, ink stain to outer margin of signatures I-Q affecting one or two side-notes, light water-staining towards end, printer's waste endpapers stained and frayed, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and stained, lacking ties, small hole to spine, [STC 6404], small 4to, by P.S. for C.Burbie, 1599. ⁂ The most comprehensive work of its kind at the time, first published in 1586 and scarce in any edition. ESTC lists only 2 copies in the UK (BL & Liverpool University) and 5 locations in America.
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