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Lot 4178
God Made Man: Or, An Account of Time, with Scriptural and Astrological Calendar (1670s)
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[John Butler]. GOD MADE MAN: OR, AN ACCOUNT OF TIME. STATING THE DAY, HOUR AND MINUTE OF OUR SAVIOR'S NATIVITY. London: Printed for the Author, And are to be sold by most booksellers, 1675. Bound together with KALENDAR SCRIPTURAL AND ASTRONOMICAL. London: Joseph Moxon, 1671. Later blind and gilt tooled leather, with old backstrip preserved, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With frontispiece, one folding leaf, tables, figures, and printed marginalia. 8vo; π2 B-X8 (with frontispiece and title page, but lacking early leaves including signature A). Wing B6272; ESTC R25323.

6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

A fair copy with upper board separating and lower board (with final leaf and endpapers) detached, corners bumped, small losses at spine; sticker residue on free endpaper, some text slightly faded, pages toned with foxing, occasional small mark, stain, or edge tear; folded leaf with repair, edges folded; lacking signature A but main text present. An extremely rare title outside of a handful of institutions.