An history of the civill vvarres of England, betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke... Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Mounmouth [bound with] The second part of the history of the civill warres...

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Sale 479: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Library of Michael Killigrew desTombe (with additions) (#479) 05/10/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #18An history of the civill vvarres of England, betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke... Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Mounmouth [bound with] The second part of the history of the civill warres...

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Title:

An history of the civill vvarres of England, betweene the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke... Englished by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Mounmouth [bound with] The second part of the history of the civill warres...

Author:

Biondi, Giovanni Francesco

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

T.H. and I.D. for Iohn Benson

Date Published:

1641-1646

Description:

2 volumes in 1. [24], 162, [2], 175, [3]; [4], 40, [8], 41-236 [i.e. 240] pp. (folio) 29x18.5 cm. (11½x7¼"), old calf, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. First Edition in English.

Translation of the author's "Istoria delle guerre civili d'Inghilterra tra le due case di Lancastro e Iorc." ESTC makes note of an engraved added title, but OCLC listings do not mention it, and only one of the four auction records for the book since 1975 refer to it, and in that case that it was lacking. Wing B2936 & B2936A. Bookplate of Stephen Fox on verso of front flyleaf.

Condition:

Joints cracking, hinge before title-page cracked; very good.

Item#:

227931

Headline:

History of English Civil Wars 1641-46
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