Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 293

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CRYPTOGRAPHY.) [Falconer, John.] Cryptomenysis Patefacta; or, The Art of Secret Information disclosed without a Key. [22] (of [26]), 180 pages; lacks the blanks A1 and A8. 8vo, 164x98 mm, contemporary calf, rebacked, front joint worn and starting, endpapers renewed, hinges reinforced; title conspicuously rehinged, paper flaw in C1 and C2 affecting a few letters, marginal dampstaining toward end. Faint stamp of the Royal Society in lower margin of title; armorial bookplate of Henry Dircks. London: Daniel Brown, 1685

Additional Details

first edition. Wing F296.