[Rarebooks] FS: First English ed. of "The Five Books of Marcus Manilius" 1697

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Manilius, Marcus. THE FIVE BOOKS OF M. MANILIUS, Containing a System of the 
Ancient Astronomy and Astrology: Together with the Philosophy of the Stoicks. 
Done into English Verse. With Notes [by Thomas Creech]. London: Jacob Tonson. 
1697. First English edition. 2 parts in 1. (2),68,134;88,(8)pp. Index. Lacking 
the half-title. Illustrated with a copper engraved frontis. and 5 engraved 
plates. Title within a ruled border. Cont. sheep, rebacked in calf (a bit 
rubbed), brown morocco spine label.     $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first English translation of the five books. The “first book” only of 
Manilius was translated in 1675. Wing M430.

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