THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, Being the Life and Reign of King James the First, Relating To What Passed from his First Access to the Crown, till his Death

Printed for Richard Lownds, and are to be sold at the Sign of - the White Lion near Saint Paul's, 1653

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Year of publication

1653

Place of printing

London

Author

[Great Britain], Wilson

Publishers

Printed for Richard Lownds, and are to be sold at the Sign of, the White Lion near Saint Paul's

Edition

FIRST EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING COMPLETE WITH THE

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece of King James, the Proeme and first textual leaf with finely engraved headpieces and six-line historiated initials. Folio, 11.5" x 7.8", contemporary speckled calf, the spine sometime restored to style, raised bands, original lettering label gilt, the covers with double fillet rules at the borders and a roll-tooled decoration to the turnover. [14], 292, [8, The Table] pp. A fine crisp, clean and unpressed copy, the binding sometime restored at the spine and at the upper edge of the rear board, end-leaves renewed, a pleasing copy.