B[ULWER] J[OHN]. Chirologia: or the Naturall Language of the Hand...whereunto is added Chironomia: or, the Art of Manuall Rhetoricke. London: Thomas Harper for Henry Twyford 1644. 2 parts in one, 8vo, 172 x 110mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/8in.), contemporary sheep, spine gilt lettered later, head of spine slightly chipped, new rear endpaper, inscription cut away from upper margin of title, a trifle wormed at front, second plate just cropped at fore-edge, tiny rust hole in I6, hole in 2C5 catching page numerals. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title-pages by William Marshall and 6 engraved plates showing manual rhetorical gestures. Garrison and Morton 3346 and 3347; Wing B-5462 and B-5466. "Bulwer was the first Englishman to write about the teaching of deaf-mutes"--Garrison and Morton. Provenance : Jo. Gibson, contemporary signature on leather pastedown of upper cover and price paid: 3s-6d.--Lawrence Strangman, twentieth-century bookplate.
B[ULWER] J[OHN]. Chirologia: or the Naturall Language of the Hand...whereunto is added Chironomia: or, the Art of Manuall Rhetoricke. London: Thomas Harper for Henry Twyford 1644. 2 parts in one, 8vo, 172 x 110mm. (6 3/4 x 4 3/8in.), contemporary sheep, spine gilt lettered later, head of spine slightly chipped, new rear endpaper, inscription cut away from upper margin of title, a trifle wormed at front, second plate just cropped at fore-edge, tiny rust hole in I6, hole in 2C5 catching page numerals. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title-pages by William Marshall and 6 engraved plates showing manual rhetorical gestures. Garrison and Morton 3346 and 3347; Wing B-5462 and B-5466. "Bulwer was the first Englishman to write about the teaching of deaf-mutes"--Garrison and Morton. Provenance : Jo. Gibson, contemporary signature on leather pastedown of upper cover and price paid: 3s-6d.--Lawrence Strangman, twentieth-century bookplate.
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