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[BOYLE, ROBERT.]. Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects. London: W. Wilson for Henry Herrington, 1665. 1st ed. 12mo. [40], 1-8, 161-264, 1-230, [10] pp. Seventeenth century calf, front cover nearly detached. Imprimatur leaf with short tear, but complete. $1,500.00
Fulton 64. With four discourses on angling, and early on sometimes thought to have been written by Isaac Walton. This copy from the angling library of American artist Dwight Blaney, with his attractive engraved bookplate, done by his close friend Frank Benson. The work was also the basis for satirical essays by Swift and Butler; one or two of the pieces herein are regarded as the inspiration for Gulliver's Travels.