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 Same, and of His "History of the Grand Rebellion," From the Restoration to His Banishment in 1667. Written by Himself. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1759. [together with] The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. By the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1707, folios.
A MAGNIFICENT EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET IN CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVED PORTRAITS.
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Though with many boards detached, it is otherwise an exceptional example of this set, very rarely encountered extra-illustrated as here, with a large quantity of excised illustrations contemporaneously laid down on inserted blanks.
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Provenance:
Bookplate of Charles William Packe Esq'r.
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Size: 206 x 400 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
Contemporary full calf bindings with fine decorative gilt borders and blindstamped boards, and a gilt title to the spines. Bindings rubbed and scuffed with some scratches. Some spines slightly sunned. Both boards detached from Vol I., Vol I Pt I., Vol I Pt II., Vol II., Vol II Pt II., Vol III Pt I. Other boards attached with cracked joints and hinges or starting, thus fragile. Vol II pt I, and Vol III pt II rebacked. Some boards warped (as bound?). Shelf and edge wear. All edges gilt, some scratches. Bookplate attached to front pastedowns in all volumes. Text blocks generally very clean with light toning and sporadic foxing, very small dampstain to Vol I pt II affecting the bottom blank marginal space of a few leaves. Uncollated.
