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DRYDEN, John, translator; MAIMBOURG, Louis (1610–1686). The History of the League. London: Printed by M. Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1684. Medium 8vo (235 x 152 mm). [60], 1–524, 731–966, [44] pp. (The Postscript of the Translator). “The break in signatures and pagination is evidently the result of division of copy between two compositors as may be seen by the variation in typography.” FIRST EDITION (only edition), LARGE PAPER COPY (larger than the Wise and Pforzheimer copies). Engraved allegorical frontispiece by M. Burghers (scant spotting), depicting Charles II enthroned before crowd of nobles. Rebound in modern half morocco over brown buckram, raised bands, compartment titled in gilt, endpapers renewed, leaves uncut (dust soiling to margins). MacDonald 132; Unger and Jackson 328. Provenance: From the private library of a local Chicago collector, part one.