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[ROWLANDS (Richard)], "Richard Verstegan". A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities, 1st edition, Printed at Antwerp by Robert Bruney, And to be sold at London ... by John Norton and John Bill, 1605, 8vo, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel, engraved illustrations including armorial plate to 2V2, general age toning/browning throughout, some cropping of marginal notes, final 2 leaves with damage to fore-margin without loss of text, worn reverse calf binding. Note that this work includes the first printing in English of The Pied Piper of Hamelin (pp.85-87)

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