Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Thomas Ward [-for Thomas Ward], 1724-34, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with insect devices, red and green labels, rubbed, some wear, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (34.8 x 22.8 cm) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. ESTC T144689. Annotated by the editor 'The original manuscript of both volumes of this his History will be deposited in the Cotton library by T. Burnett' on the verso of the title-page to volume two.
Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Thomas Ward [-for Thomas Ward], 1724-34, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with insect devices, red and green labels, rubbed, some wear, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (34.8 x 22.8 cm) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. ESTC T144689. Annotated by the editor 'The original manuscript of both volumes of this his History will be deposited in the Cotton library by T. Burnett' on the verso of the title-page to volume two.
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