{"product_id":"platinas-lives-of-the-popes-1688-second-english-edition","title":"Platina's Lives of the Popes 1688 Second English Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lives of the Popes\u003c\/b\u003e. From the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Reign of Sixtus IV. Written Originally in Latin by \u003cb\u003eBaptista Platina\u003c\/b\u003e, and Translated into English by Sir Paul Rycaut. The Second Edition, Corrected. London: C. Wilkinson, \u003cb\u003e1688\u003c\/b\u003e, folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe second edition of Sir Paul Rycaut's translation of Platina's Lives of the Popes into English. The present copy has some interesting early English marginalia seemingly from a Catholic perspective, noting, among other things, \"this author [was] long before Luther - so not a protestant forgery\" alongside the section on John VIII.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e-------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSize: 205 x 325 mm (approx.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary full calf, rubbed and worn, leather peeling in places, front board detached along with the preliminary blanks, title leaf, and 'To the Reader' leaf, rear board attached. 'To the Reader' leaf creased with some losses at edges not affecting the text. Title leaf and front blank torn; this copy is without the frontispiece. Bookplate to front pastedown. A few leaves dog-eared, text block mildly toned, but eminently readable. Sporadic contemporary marginalia in an English (plausibly Catholic) hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56744596111684,"sku":"69PR","price":155.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/1725\/7028\/files\/s-l1600_bd3b665e-157e-4afe-9e09-fc5834f6066c.jpg?v=1778524255","url":"https:\/\/woodpaz.com\/products\/platinas-lives-of-the-popes-1688-second-english-edition","provider":"WoodPaz Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}