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Wren, Christopher (1675-1747) Parentalia; or, Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens.
London: Printed for T. Osborn and R. Dodsley, 1750.
First edition, folio, with large mezzotint portrait of Wren by Faber bound opposite the title page; title printed in red and black; full page engraved dedication by Thorowgood after title; illustrated with a total of twelve full page plates including the frontispiece, dedication, three other portraits, seven architectural and mathematical plates, and several engraved vignettes; with an additional engraving of a column (clipped from an unknown source) pasted inside the front board; bound in full contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, title page and subscriber's list with paper repairs; page 363/364 torn along both side margins and repaired; losses to a few corners and some short closed tears; extensive marginal on blanks after the text & ffep, the occasional minor marginal note; ex libris Charles Hewit, a Captain in the Royal Navy, with his armorial bookplate on ffep; 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
