MEMORIALS Of The ENGLISH AFFAIRS, From the Suppos'd EXPEDITION of Brute to this Island, to the End of the Reign of King JAMES the First. By Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke, Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal, &c. Publish'd from his Original Manuscript, with some Account of his Life and Writings by William Penn, Esq; Governour of Pensylvania. And a Preface by James Welwood, M.D.
London: Printed for E. Sanger at the Post-House at the Middle Temple-Gate, E. Curll at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, and J. Pemberton at the Golden-Buck against St. Dunstan’s-Church, Fleet-Street, 1709. 1st edition. [6], vii, [1 (blank)], 101, 101* - 112, 112*, 105 - 162, 161 - 164, 167 - 212, 213* - 226*, 213 - 310, [32] pp. Initial imprimatur leaf. Text continuous despite paginatiron irregularities. 31 page Index at rear, with Publisher advert last page. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial captial letters. Folio. 13-3/4" x 8-3/8". Period full panelled calf binding. Red speckled edges. Wear to base of binding's boards. Joint leather starting. Bookplate to front paste-down, and period inscription to ffep. Unobtrusive worming to gutter of last 8 gatherings. An About VG - VG copy. Item #1897
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