Beschreibung:

Napier (John) A Plaine Discovery of the whole Revelation of St. John... Whereunto are annexed certaine oracles of Sibylla, agreeing with the Reuelation and other places of Scripture, title within woodcut ornamental border with allegorical figure of Peace of Love, woodcut coat of arms to verso of title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title a little soiled with small portion of paper repair to lower margin and small portion trimmed from upper margin, F8 with paper repair affecting text with loss to several letters, M1 lower margin restored and with tear running into text affecting a few letters, occasional very light damp-staining to lower margin, light soiling and occasional patches of browning, early 20th-century brown morocco, gilt, spine very slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [STC 18354], small 4to, Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Walde-graue, printer to the Kings Majestie, 1593. ⁂ Rare first edition of Napier's first published work in which he used the Book of Revelations to predict the Apocalypse (calculated as occurring in 1688 or 1700). The work was a success, running through several Dutch, English and French editions over the next few decades.