1694 Rare MERCURY 1st English CRYPTOGRAPHY Book No Res
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Mercury: OR THE SECRET and SWIFT Meffenger. S H E W I N G, How a Man may with Privacy and Speed communicate his Thoughts to a Friend at any diftance. ______________________ The Second Edition. ______________________ By the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN WILKINS, late Lord Bifhop of CHESTER. L O N D O N ,Printed for Rich. Baldwin , near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane. 1694. ~ THE SECOND EDITION ~ Good quality modern half morocco binding, first leaf strengthened on recto, text browned and spotted throughout. An octavo volume, it measures approximately 17cm (6¾") x 10.5cm (4") x 2cm (¾"). Pagination pp. [16], 172. Engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous woodcuts diagrams. Text collates complete, but lacks the 2 leaves of advertisements usually found at the end. [Wing W2203]. JOHN WILKINS (1614-1672), English polymath, founder member of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester. He was the son of Walter Wilkins, an Oxford goldsmith, 'a very ingeniose man with a very mechanicall head. He was much for trying of experiments, and his head ran much upon the perpetuall motion.' He was educated at schools in Oxford, thence to Magdalen College w he graduated B.A. and M.A. He took holy orders and was for a short time a vicar before becoming a private chaplain, giving him the freedom explore his interests in mathematics and scientific
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