Lot 100
  • 100

Sawyer, Edmund.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly) from the original papers of... Sir Ralph Winwood. London: W.B. for T. Ward, 1725
Large paper copy, 3 volumes, folio (457 x 274mm.), engraved frontispiece portrait of Winwood by George Vertue after Mierevelde in each volume, woodcut head- and tailpieces, contemporary red morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, occasional very light spotting, a few small wormholes in vol.1, spines faded and slightly chipped, bindings slightly rubbed, a few joints starting to crack

Provenance

Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, GCB (1776-1849), Gosford Castle, Markethill, Co. Armagh, armorial book label; thence by descent to the 4th Earl (1841-1922), sale, Puttick and Simpson, 21 April-2 May 1884, lot 3183, Toovey, £2 8s; 5th Earl of Rosebery, armorial bookplates

Literature

Saxton: Atlas. London, 1574-1579

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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