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PEACHAM, HENRY, the Younger. The Valley of Varietie: or, Discourse fitting for the Times,containing Very Learned and Rare Passages out of Antiquity, Philosophy, and History. [16], 174, [2] pages, including initial and final blanks; lacks the frontispiece (supplied in facsimile). 12mo, 135x79 mm, contemporary sheep, rebacked; title soiled and tissue-mounted, insignificant worming in blank lower outer corners in second half of volume; cloth folding case. London: M. P. for James Becket, 1638
first edition of a compendium of random curiosities culled from classical and later authors, including chapters on longevity, the Dead Sea, unconventional food sources, poisons as remedies, the characteristics and uses of cinnamon and balsam, incombustible cloth, miscellaneous historical incidents, and aspects of human nature and behavior. STC 19518.
