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(FALL OF MAN.) The History of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel: or, An Historical and Critical account of the Origination and Fall of Man . . . Fourth Edition. 5 engraved plates by various artists after Arnold van Haecken (or Aken). 10 pages. Folio, contemporary stiff wrappers, soiled and worn; contents toned with some light dampstaining and wrinkling, plates loose, chipped along edges with slight image loss to plate 4. London: W. Heard et al., 1758
The illustrator (1701-36) was the brother of the Flemish-born London painters Joseph and Alexander van Aken. This edition not in ESTC, which records 4 copies of a 1740 edition and only one copy of a 1753 edition.
