Micro-Cosmographie, or a Piece of the World Discovered in Essayes and Character
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Item #8036
Quarto. [2], vi, [2], 73, [3] pp. Limited edition, numbered 249 of 400 copies. In publisher's cloth with title in gold on the spine; lacking the dust jacket. Spine and board edges are just a trifle sunned; some rippling to the cloth; contents clean.
Earle published this work anonymously but his authorship was soon well known. The work fits well into "the craze for characters—pithy, Ironic, pen portraits of social and moral types, often with a didactic moral purpose" that was prominent in the 1620s and 30s (ODNB). This edition reprints the text from the firt completed edition of 1633. Chanticleer 55.
Price: $50.00