Barnes, Joshua
£240
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The history of that most victorious monarch Edward III. Cambridge: John Hayes, 1688. Folio, engraved frontispiece showing portrait and 2 engraved plates (of 5?), contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, later spine, some rubbing, very occasiomal spotting [ESTC R7544] [Wing B871]; Buck, Sir George The history of the life and reigne of Richard the third. London: W. Wilson, 1646. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, covers detached, spine lacking, some dampstaining, portrait, frontispiece, plate and final 8 leaves (following the Epigramma) lacking [ESTC R19914] [Wing B5306]; [Camden, William] Tomus alter, & faden: or the historie of the life and reigne of that famous princesse Elizabeth... London: Thomas Harper, 1629. 4to, woodcut engraved portrait of Elizabeth I, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, covers and spine rubbed, joints split, lacks plates, [ESTC S107375 ] [STC (2nd edition) 4498] (3)
Footnote
Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton Note: Camden collates [32], 259, 268-384, [100] whilst ESTC calls for [36], 259, 268-384, [104]