Bishop Burnet's History of his own time.

Gilbert Burnet; John Hynde Cotton, Sir; Philadelphia Cotton; Thomas Burnet, Sir

Verlag: London : Printed for Thomas Ward, 1724

Beschreibung

2 volumes. Folios. Bound in later 3/4 leather over marbled boards. All edges marbled. Marbled end pages. Hinges cracked, vol. 1 front board detached. ([16], 836, [2] pages; [22], 765, [1] pages) Includes: V. 1. From the restoration of King Charles II to the settlement of King William Queen Mary at the revolution; to which is prefix'd a summary recapitulation of affairs in Church and State from King James I. to the Restoration in the year 1660.- v. 2. From the revolution to the conclusion of the treaty of peace, at Utrecht, in the reign of Queen Anne; to which is added the author's life, by the editor. Edited by his son, Sir Thomas Burnet. "In the second volume Burnet [the editor] promised to deposit the manuscript of both volumes in the Cotton library, but failed to fulfill his promise" (DNB). Refs: Lowndes I, 320; ESTC T144689. Contains a first hand account of the reigns of James II and William and Mary. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1805290042

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bishop Burnet's History of his own time.

Verlag: London : Printed for Thomas Ward

Erscheinungsdatum: 1724

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good