[Browne (Sir Thomas)] Religio Medici, second unauthorised edition,...

[Browne (Sir Thomas)]

Religio Medici, second unauthorised edition, engraved title by William Marshall, small tear to upper margin of A8, [Keynes 2], Andrew Crooke, 1642 [bound with] Digby (Sir Kenelm) Observations upon Religio Medici, FIRST EDITION, lacks blank A1 & title, A3 with name clipped out from upper margin, a few early ink notes and marks, 2 works in 1 vol., some marking, book label of Bent Juel-Jensen, modern bookplate, early 19thcentury red glazed boards, rubbed, corners worn, [1643], 12mo.

*** The author’s ‘first and most celebrated work’ (Keynes), one of the two unauthorised editions printed in 1642, with the first edition of the first criticism of it. The binding style is one used by the author and collector William Beckford, although there is no other evidence for this provenance. Later owned by Bent Juel-Jensen (1922-2006), Oxford physician and bibliophile, who was apparently of the opinion that this is indeed a Beckford binding.