The Life and Circumstances of James Brydges, First Duke of Chandos, Patron of the Liberal Arts.
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1949
- Hardcover
- Used
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Baker, C.H. Collins & Muriel I. Baker. The Life and Circumstances of James Brydges, First Duke of Chandos, Patron of the Liberal Arts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949. Hardcover with Dust Jacket Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949. Published in co-operation with the Huntington Library. Octavo, dark cloth with dust jacket. xix + 493 pages, with frontispiece portrait of Chandos after Michael Dahl, plates, portraits and plans. Approx. 25 × 16.5 × 4.5 cm. A scholarly biography of James Brydges (1674-1744), who made his fortune as paymaster-general of the forces abroad under Queen Anne, became Duke of Chandos, and spent lavishly as a patron of the arts and builder, notably at Cannons, Edgware. Based on his journal and correspondence and on inventories of his houses. Condition: Book Very Good+: binding tight, text clean. Dust jacket: Very Good. Chipping and small losses at the head of the spine, light edge wear, light soiling and a small dark spot on the rear panel. Front free endpaper toned from the jacket flap. No ownership marks; not ex-library. Ships by USPS Media Mail with insurance.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Life and Circumstances of James Brydges, First Duke of Chandos, Patron of the Liberal Arts.
- Author
- Baker, C.H. Collins & Muriel I. Baker.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, London
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item weight
- 3 pounds
- Dimensions
- 16.5 centimeters width by 25 centimeters height by 4.5 centimeters depth
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Oak & Vellum deals in old books with good stories — history first, with a weakness for maps and literature, and a soft spot for anything printed before the modern age. Everything here was found somewhere and chosen for the life still in it. Honestly described, fairly priced, sent on. The name is a small joke for people who love old books. For centuries the words that mattered were written in iron gall ink — brewed from oak galls — onto vellum. Ink and page; oak and vellum. The raw materials of memory. That's what we deal in: books with a past. We haunt auctions, estate sales, and dusty shelves for volumes worth a second life — history above all, then maps, then literature. Nothing here pretends to be pristine. We describe wear honestly, price fairly, and pack like the book has already survived a century and shouldn't be undone by the mail. Find something you'll keep.…
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