History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, The
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1826
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1826. Clarendon's Monumental History of the English Civil War
Sumptuously Extra-Illustrated with 224 Portraits and Elegantly Bound by Bayntun
CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. To which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland by Edward Earl of Clarendon. A new edition, exhibiting a faithfull collation of the original MS, with all the suppressed passages; also the unpublished notes of Bishop Warburton. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826.
Eight octavo volumes ( 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 217 x 134 mm.).
Extra illustrated by the insertion of 224 engraved portraits, many inlaid to size.
Bound by Bayntun of Bath ca. 1910 in three quarter brown morocco over plum cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt n compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), "was from 1641 onwards one of the chief supporters and advisers of the king. He followed Prince Charles into exile. At the Restoration he returned as lord chancellor but fell out of favour. He was impeached in 1667 and fled to France where he wrote his autobiography...and completed his History, The True Historical Narrative of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England [first printed from a transcript under the supervision of his son, 1702-1704]...It is composed from material written at different periods and in widely differing circumstances and it remains a classic work. It is also an important contribution to the art of biography and autobiography, and memorable for its portraits of figures as varied as Falkland, Godolphin, Laud, and Strafford...[Clarendon's] works were presented to the University of Oxford by his heirs, and from the profits of the History a new printing-house, which bears his name, was built for the Oxford University Press" (The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature).
Sumptuously Extra-Illustrated with 224 Portraits and Elegantly Bound by Bayntun
CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. To which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland by Edward Earl of Clarendon. A new edition, exhibiting a faithfull collation of the original MS, with all the suppressed passages; also the unpublished notes of Bishop Warburton. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826.
Eight octavo volumes ( 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 217 x 134 mm.).
Extra illustrated by the insertion of 224 engraved portraits, many inlaid to size.
Bound by Bayntun of Bath ca. 1910 in three quarter brown morocco over plum cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spines with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt n compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), "was from 1641 onwards one of the chief supporters and advisers of the king. He followed Prince Charles into exile. At the Restoration he returned as lord chancellor but fell out of favour. He was impeached in 1667 and fled to France where he wrote his autobiography...and completed his History, The True Historical Narrative of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England [first printed from a transcript under the supervision of his son, 1702-1704]...It is composed from material written at different periods and in widely differing circumstances and it remains a classic work. It is also an important contribution to the art of biography and autobiography, and memorable for its portraits of figures as varied as Falkland, Godolphin, Laud, and Strafford...[Clarendon's] works were presented to the University of Oxford by his heirs, and from the profits of the History a new printing-house, which bears his name, was built for the Oxford University Press" (The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature).
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History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, The
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CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of
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Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1826