Of the State of Europe. XIIII.Bookes, containing the Historie, and relation of the many provinces hereof.

Gabriel Richardson

Verlag: Henry Cripps, Oxford, 1627

Beschreibung

An extremely rare and interesting account of European states as they were in 1627. In new full leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. It is missing some preliminaries including probably the main title page. The title page remaining has had a paper repair and has been much written on over the centuries. There is a clear signature from 1859 but all others have been crossed out. The preface is a dedication from the author to the Bishop of Lincoln. The text is then divided into the 14 books each paginated separately. Books I to III cover England and Wales; Book IIII covers Scotland; V - VII Spain; VIII - X France; XI - XIIII (part) - Germany; and the remainder of XIIII covers Switzerland, Netherland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Croatia and and Dalmatia. Each book has a woodcut header and a woodcut decoration to the intial letter. There is also woodcut decoration to the ends of sections. The contents are generally clean and bright, although there is some browning to the edge of pages (Book I is particularly affected by this) and occasional spotting. There are occasional old notes in ink. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 030866

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Of the State of Europe. XIIII.Bookes, ...

Verlag: Henry Cripps, Oxford

Erscheinungsdatum: 1627

Einband: Full-Leather

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition