2 volumes. Engraved frontispiece of Sir Philip Sydney. [10],[2] list of subscribers,xii,180,viii,400; [2],xii,733,[1] errata pp. (Folio) 14x8¾, contemporary full calf, raised bands, morocco title labels lettered in gilt (Sydney's Letters). First Edition.
Title continues: "The whole containing the Ancient State of Ireland; with Characters and private memoirs. Also the Ancient Government of the Principality of Wales. The Wars between the Spaniards, and the States-General in the Netherlands. Negotiations between the Courts of England, France, &c. The Intrigues of the several Courts of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles the First. With other remarkable Transactions, both at Home and Abroad, during those Times, not hitherto known. Whereunto is added, Genealogical and Historical Observations: also memoirs of the lives and actions of the Sydneys and their noble ancestors, the Dudleys, Grey, Talbot, Beauchamp, Berkley, and Lisle; and a defence of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, wrote by Sir Philip Sydney. Collected from records, their last wills and testaments, original papers, authentick manuscripts, and our most approved historians. By Arthur Collins, Esq."
Condition:
Front cover detached on Vol. 1, other joints and hinges cracked, spine ends chipped; some foxing; else very good.