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Baker, Sir Richard
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8,000 - 12,000 USD
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- Baker, Sir Richard
- A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James … With A Continuation … in this Fourth Edition, To the Coronation of … King Charles the Second … London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Saubridg at the Bible on Ludgate-hill, and T. Williams at the Bible in Little-Britain without Aldersgate, 1665
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Folio (13 ½ x 8 3/8 in.; 343 x 212 mm). Additional engraved title by W. Marshall, decorative woodcut initials, last leaf with longitudinal label; a small hole in pages 275 and 801 touching one letter, quire Rrr and a few other leaves browned. Contemporary English red morocco, gilt-tooled in a panel design with gilt-stamped supralibros (Clarendon) on both covers, edges gilt, from the workshop of Samuel Mearne, 4-pp. contemporary manuscript notes laid in; foot of spine chipped, extremities rubbed.
Provenance
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674, Lord Chancellor, supralibros) — Henry Jeffery Flower, Viscount Ashbrook (engraved armorial bookplate) — Richard Dawson, First Earl of Dartrey (1817-1897, engraved armorial bookplate) — Viscount Mersey, Bignor Park (1840-1929, bookplate). acquisition: Christie’s, 16 December 1991, lot 183 (through Bernard Quaritch)
Literature
Wing B505; ESTC R175493; on the binding see H.M. Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings 17 showing some of the same tools
Condition
a small hole in pages 275 and 801 touching one letter, quire Rrr and a few other leaves browned. Contemporary English red morocco, gilt-tooled in a panel design with gilt-stamped supralibros (Clarendon) on both covers, edges gilt, from the workshop of Samuel Mearne, 4-pp. contemporary manuscript notes laid in; foot of spine chipped, extremities rubbed.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
As Clarendon’s arms do not appear to have been part of the original binding design, they were probably added sometime before December 1667, when he went into exile for the second time. The book was presumably intended for the newly completed Clarendon House, which had what John Evelyn called “a very ample library” (reputedly numbering some 6,350 volumes).