Original Letters, Illustrative of English History including Royal Letters From Autographs in The British Museum And One Or Two Other Collections

Henry Ellis

Edité par Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825

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Original Letters, Illustrative of English History including Royal Letters From Autographs in The British Museum And One Or Two Other Collections Henry Ellis, Keeper of The Manuscripts in The British Museum. Three unmatched volumes of a series that ran for several years through various editions and length, offering an extensive offering of important letters in British history. All the letters are transcribed, there are no facsimile reproductions of holograph letters. Bound in old but probably later covers with taped spine. Ex library with appropriate bookplates, markings. Covers are cracked and in some places loose. Pages are generally clean. A nice working copy of this early set, even though the 2nd volume is from a different series two years after the first. Vol 1, second edition, 1825, Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, London,310 pp, (Vol 1 of three volumes). Frontispiece of King Henry VIII and his Court Jester. Vol II, second series, 1827,336 pp, Thomas Davison, Whitefriars for Harding and Lepard, Pall-Mall East, London (Vol II of four volumes). Foldout engraving of Calais in the hands of the English, some discoloration in upper left. Vol. III, second edition, 1825, 399 pp, printed by G. Woodfall of London for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, London, (Vol III of three volumes). Frontispiece of the Carte Blanche to Parliament signed by Charles II (as Prince) to save his father from execution.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Original Letters, Illustrative of English History including Royal Letters From Autographs in The British Museum And One Or Two Other Collections
• Éditeur: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard
• Date de parution: 1825
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• Poids: 1,5 livre