burnet gilbert stackhouse thomas (3 Ergebnisse)

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

First Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of Joseph Beck Frenchay with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; xvi, 440, [16] pages, plate : ports. Subjects; Great Britain History Restoration, (1660-1688). Great Britain History (1689-1714). 3 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A handsomely bound example of the first abridged edition of Gilbert Burnet's impressive 'History of His Own Time', condensed into a single volume by Thomas Stackhouse. The first edition of English theologian and controversialist Thomas Stackhouse's abridgment of Scottish philosopher and historian Gilbert Burnet's 1683 'History of His Own Time'.This historical study covers the English Civil War, and concludes with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with a vignette to the frontispiece.A single volume edition of the work which extended to six volumes.ESTC T110438Rebound in quarter calf, with endpapers renewed. Rebound in calf backed, marbled paper covered boards, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type. Spotting to title page, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good. book.