Item #80399 AN HISTORY OF THE CIVILL WARRES OF ENGLAND BETWEENE THE TWO HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORKE THE ORIGINALL WHEREOF IS SET DOWNE IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD THE SECOND, THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LIVES OF HENRY THE 4TH, THE 5TH, THE SIXTH, EDWARD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH, RICHARD THE THIRD, AND HENRY THE SEVENTH, IN WHOSE DAYES THEY HAD A HAPPY PERIOD; Englished (translated) by the Right Honorable Henry, Earle of Monmouth. Giovanni Francesco Biondi, Sir.
AN HISTORY OF THE CIVILL WARRES OF ENGLAND BETWEENE THE TWO HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORKE THE ORIGINALL WHEREOF IS SET DOWNE IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD THE SECOND, THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LIVES OF HENRY THE 4TH, THE 5TH, THE SIXTH, EDWARD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH, RICHARD THE THIRD, AND HENRY THE SEVENTH, IN WHOSE DAYES THEY HAD A HAPPY PERIOD; Englished (translated) by the Right Honorable Henry, Earle of Monmouth
AN HISTORY OF THE CIVILL WARRES OF ENGLAND BETWEENE THE TWO HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORKE THE ORIGINALL WHEREOF IS SET DOWNE IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD THE SECOND, THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LIVES OF HENRY THE 4TH, THE 5TH, THE SIXTH, EDWARD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH, RICHARD THE THIRD, AND HENRY THE SEVENTH, IN WHOSE DAYES THEY HAD A HAPPY PERIOD; Englished (translated) by the Right Honorable Henry, Earle of Monmouth
AN HISTORY OF THE CIVILL WARRES OF ENGLAND BETWEENE THE TWO HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORKE THE ORIGINALL WHEREOF IS SET DOWNE IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD THE SECOND, THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LIVES OF HENRY THE 4TH, THE 5TH, THE SIXTH, EDWARD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH, RICHARD THE THIRD, AND HENRY THE SEVENTH, IN WHOSE DAYES THEY HAD A HAPPY PERIOD; Englished (translated) by the Right Honorable Henry, Earle of Monmouth

AN HISTORY OF THE CIVILL WARRES OF ENGLAND BETWEENE THE TWO HOUSES OF LANCASTER AND YORKE THE ORIGINALL WHEREOF IS SET DOWNE IN THE LIFE OF RICHARD THE SECOND, THEIR PROCEEDINGS IN THE LIVES OF HENRY THE 4TH, THE 5TH, THE SIXTH, EDWARD THE FOURTH AND FIFTH, RICHARD THE THIRD, AND HENRY THE SEVENTH, IN WHOSE DAYES THEY HAD A HAPPY PERIOD; Englished (translated) by the Right Honorable Henry, Earle of Monmouth

London. T.H. and I.D. for Iohn Benson, and are to be sold at his shop in Saint Dunstans Churchyard, 1641/1646. Leather-bound. Two volumes complete, bound together with separate title pages. Quarto. 11 in. x 7.2 in., pp. [24], 162, [2], 1-175; [2], 1-156, [2], 153-236 (complete, mispaged). The imprint of Vol. 2 reads: "E.G. for Richard Whitaker,...1646". Crudely rebound with dark calf spine over faux vellum. Gilt title on red panel, and five raised bands, to spine. Publisher's red edges. Light bubbling to front board. Decorative woodcut headpieces and drop caps. Repair tape showing on front and back pastedowns. Front free endpaper soiled and partially detached. First title page dusty; text clean and supple. Open tear to bottom corner of rear endpaper. Wing 2936. Very Good. Item #80399

The second title page to part 2 reads: "Printed by E.G. for Roger Whitaker, and are to be sold at his shop at the Kings Armes in Paul's Churchyard. 1646."

Giovanni Francesco Biondi (1572-1644), an Italian, moved to England in 1605, conducted various diplomatic missions for the crown, and was knighted by James I and granted a pension (rarely paid). He married the sister of the king's physician: 'a very great lump or great piece of flesh'. He has a lively writing style.

Price: $1,000.00

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