Dugdale, Sir William

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 USD

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Description

The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London. From its Foundation Untill these Times: Extracted out of Originall Charters. Records. Leiger Books, and other Manuscripts. Beautified with Sundry Prospects of the Church, Figures of Tombes, and Monuments. London: Printed by Tho[mas] Warren, 1658
ink, paper

Folio (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.; 343 x 222 mm). Title-page printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece portrait, 14 plates (11 double-page, one folding, 2 single-page), 30 text engravings (one one-half page, the remaining full-page), all by Wencelaus Hollar, separate title-pages for A View of the Monuments and the Appendix; errata on 3Z3; frontispiece soiled and a trifle frayed along bottom margin, title-page stained, lower right corner of double-page after p. 130 soiled and a bit frayed, occasional light browning and dampstaining, lacking blanks Q2 and 3Z4. Contemporary calf paneled in blind, plain endpapers, edges stained red; rebacked, small scrape on upper cover.

Provenance

James T. Bourne (signature on front pastedown). acquisition: H. D. Lyon

Literature

Wing D2482; ESTC R16413; Pforzheimer 341

Catalogue Note

First edition, another copy.