HOWELL (JAMES) An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Cha...

HOWELL (JAMES) An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Chamber, and Chief Emporium of Great Britain, FIRST EDITION, etched portrait frontispiece by Abraham Bosse after Claude Melan (5th state, with added coat of arms), title printed in red and black, double-page etched panorama of London by Wenceslaus Hollar, light browning and occasional spotting, light damp-stain in lower corner of B2 and a few other leaves, small rust spot affecting a few letters on O4, late eighteenth-century speckled calf over thick boards, sides with gilt-tooled border, spine gilt (rubbed, slightly chipped at head) [ESTC R13420; Grolier, Wither to Prior, 487; Pforzheimer 515], small folio (266 x 170mm.), J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring and John Place, 1657 Footnotes: A good copy of one of the first printed histories of London, by the versatile Welsh author, royalist, politician and traveller, James Howell. It was written following his release from a lengthy imprisonment at the time of the Interregnum. Provenance: James Whatman of the paper-making family, armorial bookplate. James Whatman the Elder (1702-1759) was the inventor of wove paper for printing and artwork, an innovation which paved the way for the industrialisation of paper manufacturing. His son, also James Whatman (1741-1798), continued his father's work and made further refinements. This bookplate probably dates from his time. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing