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Group of thirty-two (32) rare books including 'Chronicon Preciosium'

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Group of thirty-two (32) rare books including 'Chronicon Preciosium'
Group of thirty-two (32) rare books including 'Chronicon Preciosium, or an account of English money, the price of corn, and other commodities for the last six hundred years in a letter to a student in the University of Oxford, London', printed for Charles Darver at the Flower-de-Luce, over against St. Dunstan's church in Fleet Street, MDCCVII, 1707, London, printed by Janis Bettenham for George Hawkings , MDCCXLII, 7 3/4" x 5". Original leather binding in good condition, some staining and discoloration inside bindery; and 'England's Improvement by Sea and Land to out-do the Dutch without fighting to pay debts without monies', by Andrew Yarranton, gent., London, 1677, licensed Oct. 4, 1676, Roger L'Estrange, 7 3/4" x 6". Binding intact, pages and map inserts intact.