CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1609-1674). The History of ...

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£7,000 - £10,000

CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1609-1674). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641.
Oxford: at the Theater, 1707.
3 volumes. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Clarendon, repeated at the front of each volume, title vignettes, head- and tailpieces and initials. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with about 240 portraits, plates and maps, the majority mounted to size within gilt and wash frames. [8], xxiii, 557pp, [8], 581pp, [24], 603pp, [22].
With
Gilbert BURNET (1643-1715). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time. London: 1724-1734. 2 volumes, 2. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with about 59 portraits and plates of medallions, most of the portraits mounted to size within gilt and wash borders. [14], 836pp, [22], 765pp.
FIRST EDITION. Lowndes I, p.320. 2 works in 5 volumes. Uniform late 18th century red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide border of fillets, greek-key roll and styllised foliage roll surrounding the central arms of the Duke of Newcastle, spine in seven compartments with double raised bands, green morocco lettering piece in the second, the others with on-laid blue morocco ovals or circles, all but the second with overall design including pointill work and various small tools, gilt turn-ins.
A superbly bound five volume collective.

Provenance: Henry Fiennes Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle 1720-1794, binding.