Beschreibung:

LEAD, Jane. The Wonders of God's Creation manifested in the variety of eight worlds as they were made known experimentally to the author , London: printed and sold by T. Sowle, [? 1695], 8° [bound with the same author's:] The Laws of Paradise give forth by Wisdom to a translated Spirit , London: T. Sowle, 1695, 8° [and:] A Message to the Philadelphian Society, whithersoever dispersed over the whole Earth , London: printed and sold by J. Bradford, 1696, 8° (? lacking A1, F2 torn with loss, F2 and F3 heavily soiled [and:] The Messenger of an Universal Peace; or, A third message to the Philadelphian Society , London: for the booksellers, 1698, 12° [and:] The Tree of Faith or, The tree of life springing up in the Paradise of God , London: printed and sold by J. Bradford, 1696, 8°, with final advertisement leaf (? lacking A1), together 5 WORKS BY JANE LEAD IN ONE VOLUME, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (some browning, some upper margins shaved affecting running titles), MEMORIAL BINDING TO PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA with her engraved portrait inserted before the first work, early 19th-century green silk damask with peonies (worn along joints and at corners), cream silk damask pastedowns and endpapers, pastedowns with reference to "Ezekiel XVI. Chap. 6 to 14 verse," enclosed within pentangle design, the facing endpaper with second pentangle enclosing the words "In Memory of H. R. Princess Charlotte," both pentangles incorporate the names "John" and "Mary," 2 bookmarkers with metal thread finials at the end of pink silk ribbons still surviving (but in danger of detaching). [Wing L792; L786; L787; L788 (cited as A Messenger not The Messenger ); L791] Sold not subject to return.