[Rarebooks] FS: Stonehenge built by the Danes, illustrated, 1663

[Charles Agvent]

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Fair starting this Friday.  The entire list can be seen at 
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CHARLETON,  Walter. CHOREA GIGANTUM; OR, THE MOST FAMOUS ANTIQUITY  OF
GREAT-BRITAN,  [sic] VULGARLY CALLED STONE-HENG, STANDING ON SALISBURY
PLAIN....  London: Henry Herringman 1663. First Edition. Small  quarto
(5-3/8"  x  7-1/2") bound in contemporary full calf with  gilt  floral
decorations  in each corner of both covers; [16], 64 pages. Title page
printed  in  red and black; Imprimatur leaf dated 1662 present  before
title  page. Illustrated with a large folding plate of Stonehenge  and
a  full page woodcut. Contains a poem in tribute to the author by John
Dryden,  this  with all six first state points as noted  by  Macdonald
8a.  Charleton,  a  physician  to Charles I, attempts  to  prove  that
Stonehenge  was made not by the Romans but by the Danes as a place  of
assembly  and  to inaugurate kings. Wing C3666. With the bookplate  of
Charles  Agar,  the first Earl of Normanton, on the  front  pastedown.
Slight  soiling to contents. Some loss of leather at head and heel  of
spine;  front  hinge tender. Very Good copy of a fairly  scarce  book.
                                                               $3000.00
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