£420
L'Estrange (Sir Roger): The Observator in Dialogue - The First Volume, bound volume of newspapers, starting at issue no., Wednesday 13th April 1681 through to issue no. 374, Wednesday January 9th 1684 (mis-printed as 1683), including 470 issues, single folio sheet to each issue, double-column text, contemp. panelled calf, all edges red, folio, rubbed and peeling, cracking at spine, losses to spine ends and corners, 'Melville' bookplate to f.e.p., ink date to f.f.e.ps.,tipped in engraved portrait frontispiece, contemp. ink ownership inscription to title, some minor losses and tiny tears to page edges, cracked at issue 181, some toning and creasing. Rubbed and peeling, cracking at spine, losses to spine ends and corners, 'Melville' bookplate to f.e.p., ink date to f.f.e.ps.,tipped in engraved portrait frontispiece, contemp. ink ownership inscription to title, some minor losses and tiny tears to page edges, cracked at issue 181, some toning and creasing, modern pencil notes to ffep.
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