Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating chiefly to Religion; and the Reformation of it, And the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary the First. All Which Being New [...]., In Three Volumes. By John Strype. London: John Wyat, 1721.
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Ecclesiastical Memorials by John Strype, published in 1721, is a comprehensive historical account focusing on the important religious and ecclesiastical developments in England during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary I. The work discusses the Reformation, detailing significant events, controversies, and the resulting transformations within the Church of England. Strype compiles and examines original documents, letters, and records which he collected, most of which remain preserved at the British Library to this day.
This set contains volumes one and two of three (only), but is well presented in nicely rebacked contemporary Cambridge panelled bindings, one board having been replaced, restored to the point of readability again. Do note that the volumes are fairly large folios and so are better stored laid flat over the longer term.
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Size: 263 x 402 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[(3), t.p., t.p., i-xviii, 2pp, 407pp, t.p., 344pp, 7pp, (2)]; [(2), t.p., 8pp, 540pp, h.t., 171pp, 3pp, (2)]
Volumes one and two of three (only), but well presented, without external reference to volume numbering. Contemporary Cambridge panelled bindings, rebacked, with the front board of the second volume replaced in a different manner. Joints and hinges all secure, all boards securely attached. Tooled labels are earlier than the rebacking, having been remounted & preserved, possibly original, but seem a bit later. Page edges very good, tops dulled as expected.
Frontispiece remounted to a slightly later preliminary blank, this frontis is not a facsimile and appears to be the original. First gathering partially loose in second volume, but present, partial separation in the gutter of pp.328-329 in second volume, but secure nonetheless, else generally very clean throughout the text blocks with some nice wide-margined typography. No ownership inscriptions or bookplates, though the replaced endpapers seem to be laid over earlier ones which may obscure some earlier provenance information, not checked.
Some interesting ephemera dating between 1974-1977 slipped in the rear of the second volume relating to worship services in Manchester and some community based events etc.
