The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 176
WILKINS, John (ca. 1614 – 72). Mercury, or The Secret and S...
Estimate: $300 - $600
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WILKINS, John (ca. 1614 ? 72). Mercury, or The Secret and Swift Messenger. London: Richard Baldwin, 1694. Second edition. Contemporary calf with spine in compartments, edges gilt tooled. Frontispiece portrait of author, woodcuts. 8vo. Considerably browned and foxed, frontis chipped, else very good. Toole Stott 732.The first book on cryptography published in the English language.
