The State Letters of Henry Earl of Clarendon [in Two Volumes], Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .[Under] James the Second, with His Diary for 1687, 1688, 1689 and 1690. from the Originals [Held] of Richard Powney

[Hyde], Henry 2nd Earl Of Clarendon & John Douglas, Bishop Of Salisbury (Ed. )

Published by At the Clarendon Press: Sold by J. Stephens at the Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet; A. Millar in the Strand (et. al.), Oxford, 1763

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4to 11" - 13" tall; 869 pages; Oxford, At the Clarendon Press; 1763. 1st edition. Two volumes, complete. Quarto volumes uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf with spines in six compartments; red and black leather title labels to spines. Xxxvi, 476; 337, [1], (20) pp. Joints repaired, with archival linen tape reinfocring internal hinges and traces of PVA in the external joints. Leather had split over joints but repairs are sound and holding. Some light chipping to leather at spine ends and edges; drying and mild darkening to leather at board edges. Both volumes include an original blank at front and rear; there are no half-title pages. Engraved bookplates (Allardice, Philadelphia) of the "Library Company of Baltimore" are mounted to the front pastdowns of both volumes. Contents bright, clean and complete with only mild foxing scattered through. Title page continues: "From the originals in the possession of Richard Powney, with an appendix from Archbishop Sancroft's manuscripts in the Bodleian Library." Printer attribution not printed on title page of Vol II. Of James II, last Catholic monarch of England and his actions in Ireland and of the end of James reign in the "Glorious Revolution". VG- thus. . Oversize book will require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. Seller Inventory # 32309

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Title: The State Letters of Henry Earl of Clarendon...

Publisher: At the Clarendon Press: Sold by J. Stephens at the Temple-Gate, Fleetstreet; A. Millar in the Strand (et. al.), Oxford

Publication Date: 1763

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good-

Edition: First Edition.