[Rarebooks] FS: Feltham's "Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political." pub. by Anne Seile. 1661.

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Feltham, Owen. RESOLVES: DIVINE, MORAL, POLITICAL. TheEighth Impression. With New and Several Other Additions Both in Prose and VerseNot Extant in the Former Impressions. London: Printed for Peter Dring [and AnneSeile]. 1661. 4to. 3 parts in 1, each with its own title page.(8),394;40;(41)-102,(2)pp. Each text page printed within ruled borders. With anadded engraved title page and a leaf of text (a poetic invocation) before theprinted title. 18t century gilt tooled limp vellum, a bit soiled. A few earlyleaves with minor worming in blank bottom margin. Preliminary text leafrepaired at bottom fore-corner (no text loss) and on a guard, and the engravedtitle (lightly soiled) is also mounted on a guard.        $500.00 (trade discountallowed)
Thetwo other works by Feltham (1602?-1668) are entitled: "Lusoria: orOccasional Pieces with a Taste of Some Letters," and "A BriefCharacter of the Low-Countries.. Being Three Weeks Observations of the Vicesand Vertues of the Inhabitants." The imprint on both of these latter titlepages as well as the added engraved title indicate that they were printed forAnne Seile. Wing F655, 655A, and 655B.
 
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