THE HISTORY OF THE MOST VICTORIOUS MONARCH EDWARD III King of England and France and Lord of Ireland. And First Founder of the Most Noble Order of the Garter: Being a Full and Exact Account of the Life and Death of the said King, Together with That of His Most renowned Son Edward, Prince of Wales and of Aquitain Sirnamed the Black-Prince Faithfully and Carefully Collected from the Best and most Antient Authors Domestick and Foreign, Printed Books, Manuscripts and Records.
THE HISTORY OF THE MOST VICTORIOUS MONARCH EDWARD III King of England and France and Lord of Ireland. And First Founder of the Most Noble Order of the Garter: Being a Full and Exact Account of the Life and Death of the said King, Together with That of His Most renowned Son Edward, Prince of Wales and of Aquitain Sirnamed the Black-Prince Faithfully and Carefully Collected from the Best and most Antient Authors Domestick and Foreign, Printed Books, Manuscripts and Records.
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1688
- Place of printing
- Cambridge
- Author
- [England, Edward Iii], Barnes
- Publishers
- Printed by John Hayes for the Author
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD III, WITH
- First edition
- True
Description
First Edition. Complete and illustrated with all five finely engraved folio portrait plates called for of Edward armoured and in various other poses, the Prince of Wales-the Black Prince and the Author, Joshua Barnes, finely decorated six, seven and ten-line initial letters and engraved devices, title-page printed in red and black. Large Folio, 14" x 9", bound in contemporary paneled calf, the spine with raised bands over the cords, tan morocco lettering label gilt ruled and lettered. [xvi], 911 pp. A handsome copy, the text-block and engraved plates all very clean, crisp and unpressed, the binding very strong and solid, some expected evidence of age, the corners in good order, the spine panel original, the hinges sometime strengthened and sophisticated.
