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Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. A limited first edition copy of an anthology of the Cambridge Wits, richly illustrated throughout. This anthology of Cambridge wits has been selected and introduced by George Ryland and is richly illustrated by Michael Aryton. This copy was part of a limited edition print of only 500 copies. The Wits included in this anthology are Edmund Spenser, Robert Greene, Francis Bacon, Henry Constable, Thomas Nashe and Ben Johnson. The anthology indicates the diversity and range of the wits emotions, styles and manners.With eleven full plate illustrations.Collated, complete. In full cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright clean pages. Near Fine. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). book.…