Edward CLARENDON EARL OF
The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England [...]
At the Clarendon Printing House|Oxford 1759|11.50 x 19.50 cm|reliés
First edition, published at the same time as the folio edition in one volume, without being able to determine which is the first. Rare.
Contemporary full speckled and glazed calf binding. English binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume labels. Headcap of volume II slightly worn, that of volume III with lacks, same at foot of volume II but a more severe lack; that at foot of volume III fragile with small lacks. 6 corners bumped. Rubbing.
The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, containing I. An account of the chancellor's life from his birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A continuation of the fame, and of his history of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his banishment in 1667. Written by himself. Printed from his original manuscripts given to the university of Oxford by the Heirs of the late Earl of Clarendon. Influential statesman under Charles I then under Charles II whom he rejoined, he became Chancellor of England under the Restoration, but unpopular measures, a rigid virtue which displeased the king led him to banishment.
Contemporary full speckled and glazed calf binding. English binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume labels. Headcap of volume II slightly worn, that of volume III with lacks, same at foot of volume II but a more severe lack; that at foot of volume III fragile with small lacks. 6 corners bumped. Rubbing.
The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, containing I. An account of the chancellor's life from his birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A continuation of the fame, and of his history of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his banishment in 1667. Written by himself. Printed from his original manuscripts given to the university of Oxford by the Heirs of the late Earl of Clarendon. Influential statesman under Charles I then under Charles II whom he rejoined, he became Chancellor of England under the Restoration, but unpopular measures, a rigid virtue which displeased the king led him to banishment.
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