The Historie of the Holy Warre by Thomas Fuller. The Fourth edition. London: Thomas Buck, 1651. [together with] The Holy State by Thomas Fuller. The fourth Edition. London: John Redmayne for John Williams, 1663.
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Fourth editions of Thomas Fuller's History of the Holy War and The Holy State, here bound together. The first work includes the foldout map, and the second work includes the attractive in-text portraits as well as the reference to "The Witch".
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Size: 201 x 293 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[[1], ¶4, A4, foldout map, B-Z4, Aa-Dd4, Ee6, Ff-Mm4, Nn6, Oo-Pp4, Qq6; A4, B-Z6, Aa-Pp6, Qq8]
Contemporary full calf, boards panelled in blind. Later (?) tooled black morocco label laid down to spine. Binding rubbed, some staining, shelf and edge wear, otherwise well presented. Rear board attached, lower joint cracked. The front board and (later) blank are detached. First four leaves ragged at fore-edges. Staining and discolouration at margins/leaf edges, generally not too intrusive, but visible (in both parts) throughout, as pictured. The map also has some dampstaining, as pictured, but is structurally secure. The contemporary front blank (which is attached) has some inscriptions, including a quote taken from Baker's Chronicle. No attached bookplates, some sporadic marginalia, some of which is contemporary. Collation provided above, the preliminary [1] is the declaration of the frontispiece.
