The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, That Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Late Lord High Chancellour of England, Privy Counsellour in the Reigns of King Charles the First and the Second. Dublin: John Hyde, and Robert Owen, 1719, small folios.
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Provenance:
Armorial Bookplate of Gustavus Lambart Esq., with the motto "Ut Quocunque Paratus" (Ready for Anything).
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Size: 210 x 315 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(2), frontis, t.p., i-xii, 4pp., 422pp., (1)]; [(2), frontis, t.p., 4pp., 459pp., (2)]; [(2), frontis, t.p., 6pp., 445pp., 33pp., (2)].
Full brown panelled calf bindings with red tooled labels in compartments to the spines between raised bands and gilt volume numbers. Bindings rubbed and scuffed, with some occasional scratches. All boards attached, some joints and hinges starting or cracked, thus fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Red spotted page edges dulled. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in all volumes. Edge toning to endpapers as commensurate with the full leather bindings. Text block clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Ink stain to the reverso of the title page in volume one. Ink inscription to rear blank in volume one.
[OCLC 3775405].
