The Athenian Gazette: or Casuistical Mercury, Resolving all the most Nice and Curious Questions proposed by the Ingenious of Either Sex. Dunton, John (ed.)

The Sixth to the Thirteenth Volume. London, printed for John Dunton, 1692, 1693, and 1694. Folio. (8),(60) + (4),(60) + (4),(60) + (4),(60)+(2 prospect) + (4),(60) + (4),(60) + (4),(60)+(2 prospect) + (4),(60)+(2 advertisement) pp. Contemporary calf. New leather spine. Contents with some worming and margin tears. Dampstains, browning and creases. The first title-page laid down (mounted) without any loss of text. One leaf (Tuesday, june 13. 1693) torn with large loss of text at lower part. Loss of one line of text at bottom of contents page in the "Tenth Volume". Corners of boards worn. Inner hinges strenghtened. Ffep. with some ink and owners signature (C.J. Ridley 1850). 32 x 21 cm. *More issued. This collection covers the period from Tuesday, February 2, 1692 to Saturday, May 19, 1694. The beginning of the two prospects reads "Proposals for the printing of a book of William Leybourn's, Author of the late Cursus Mathematicus, and of divers other Mathemathical Tractates, who hath now by him a Miscellaneous Manuscript ready for the Press, which he intends to Entitle Pleasure with Profit (.)" and "Proposals for printing by subscription, the Second, Third and Fourth Volumes of the French Book of Martyrs or History of the Famous Edict of Nantes". [#40877]