Allestree, Richard. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. Oxford: At the Theater, 1675. 8vo. [14], 224 pp. + engraved frontispiece; lacks first preface leaf but with initial imprimatur leaf. Early calf. ************ This work is attributed to Allestree, though sometimes also attributed to Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, John Fell, or Humphrey Henchman and others. ESTC R15584. *Provenance: Front pastedown with large engraved armorial bookplate of Norbury Booths Hall, 1826, imprimatur leaf blank recto with some 19th c. ownership notes or signatures, blank recto of frontis with ownership signature of Grace Jefferson.

Blank endpapers removed, some soiling to endpapers, contents with some occasional small and minor stains, binding intact, small tear near base of spine, sold as-is.