17th-century English history
Collection of works
£1,386
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641. Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1707. 3 volumes, large folio, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title-pages, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, bookplates, scuffs to sides, spotting to latter half of volume 3 [ESTC N5833];
Sanderson, William. A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his Cradle to his Grave. London: for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658. First edition, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, royal crest of Charles I (cipher CAR REX surmounted by crown and with motto 'Dieu et mon droit' on banner below) gilt to covers, 2 engraved portraits, spotting and browning, small hole in 4H4 [ESTC R5305; Wing S646];
May, Thomas. The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the third, M. DC. XL. London: Moses Bell, for George Thomason, 1647. First edition, folio, 19th-century half calf, rebacked, imprimatur leaf, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, bookplate (Thomas Graham Dundas), marginal tear in sig. B costing a few words, closed tears in D1 and M2, Q4 torn in margin just touching text, repairs in quires 2F, 2O and 2P, [ESTC R8147; Wing M1410];
and 3 others (these not collated): John Rushworth, Historical Collections of Private Passages of State, Weight Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments, 1721 (8 volumes, folio, recent quarter morocco); Henry Scobell, A Collection of Acts and Ordinances of General Use, made in the Parliament begun at Westminster the third day of November, anno 1640, 1658 (folio, contemporary calf, bookplate of Charles Yorke, 1722-1770, Lord High Chancellor, spine split (just held by one cord); Reports and Cases taken in the third [...] and seventh years of the late King Charles, 1657 (extensively repaired)
Footnote
Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.