Dugdale, Sir William

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

Dugdale, Sir William
The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility. London: Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675
ink, paper, leather

Folio (14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.; 368 x 236 mm). Title-page printed in red and black; some scattered browning and spotting. Contemporary black morocco by Roger Bartlett, spine with red morocco lettering-piece, spine gilt in 7 compartments, covers elaborately gilt with floral tooling, edges gilt, fore-edge painting of floral motif in red, blue, and black; some wear, spine ends somewhat worn, top of upper joint starting, fore-edge painting slightly faded.

Provenance

acquisition: Maggs, 26 September 2013, cat 1471, no. 28

Literature

Wing D2480

Catalogue Note

First edition, with a fine contemporary fore-edge painting.