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POTTER, FRANCIS. An Interpretation of the Number 666. Woodcut numerological text diagrams; engraved illustration of altar on page 175. [18], 214, [2] pages, including engraved title by William Marshall; lacks final blank. 4to, old mottled sheep, backstrip lacking, covers detached; contents generally clean. 19th-century stamp of William H. Floyd on title verso. Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1642
First edition of a treatise on the Number of the Beast, applying considerable ingenuity in finding ways to associate the square root of 666 with the Roman Catholic Church. Wing P3028.
