An Instance of the Fingerpost

First printing by number line. Jacket art (details): Dove: El Greco, The Trinity, c.t.archive/Prado, Madrid; skull: Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Still Life, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterloo; books: unknown artist, Still Life, Staatliche Museen, Berlin; brass dividers: c. 1649, National Maritime Museum, London / Bridgeman Art Library, London. "Acknowledgments" on page 693. "About the Author" on page 694.