Title: A Short View of the late Troubles in England Author: [Dugdale, William, Sir] Place: Oxford Publisher: Moses Pitt Date: 1681 Description: [6], 136, 185-294, 361-439, 449-488, 553-650, 733-959, [6] + [6] ad pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Includes publisher's ads. (folio) 12x7½, period red morocco gilt, fore-edge and lower edge gilt. First Edition. Beautiful 17th century binding by Thomas Dawson the Elder of Cambridge, tooled in gilt with an outer roll and border of semi-circles interspersed with a small lozenge tool, two panels of fillets, rolls, and repeated tools, the inner panel with corners of volutes, fleurons, etc. and lozenge-shaped centerpiece pf similar tools. Gilt spine in six panels, one with morocco lettering-piece, comb-marbled endpapers. The twin of this binding was sold by Maggs Bros, see their Spring 1987 catalogue. This copy has a purchaser's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Bought of Mr Giles in Holburn. June 11th 1728. 10.-6" and a few notes on the rear endpapers in the same hand. Wing D2492. Lot Amendments Condition: Chipping to spine ends and light wear to joints, hinges repaired, slight loss to lettering piece, corners showing; scattered mild browning internally; about near fine. Item number: 158745
Title: A Short View of the late Troubles in England Author: [Dugdale, William, Sir] Place: Oxford Publisher: Moses Pitt Date: 1681 Description: [6], 136, 185-294, 361-439, 449-488, 553-650, 733-959, [6] + [6] ad pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Includes publisher's ads. (folio) 12x7½, period red morocco gilt, fore-edge and lower edge gilt. First Edition. Beautiful 17th century binding by Thomas Dawson the Elder of Cambridge, tooled in gilt with an outer roll and border of semi-circles interspersed with a small lozenge tool, two panels of fillets, rolls, and repeated tools, the inner panel with corners of volutes, fleurons, etc. and lozenge-shaped centerpiece pf similar tools. Gilt spine in six panels, one with morocco lettering-piece, comb-marbled endpapers. The twin of this binding was sold by Maggs Bros, see their Spring 1987 catalogue. This copy has a purchaser's inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Bought of Mr Giles in Holburn. June 11th 1728. 10.-6" and a few notes on the rear endpapers in the same hand. Wing D2492. Lot Amendments Condition: Chipping to spine ends and light wear to joints, hinges repaired, slight loss to lettering piece, corners showing; scattered mild browning internally; about near fine. Item number: 158745
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