Property from the Collection of
THE LATE ROBERT C. POWER
HOLINSHED, RAPHAEL. The First and Second [and Third] Volumes of Chronicles... London, 1587. Black lettered, double column, titles within woodcut border, ornamental initials. 3 volumes bound in 2, old calf, rebacked, old spines laid down, some corners repaired; title of third volume defective (laid down with text neatly supplied in old ink facsimile), margins of first few pages of third volume repaired, overall light browning and staining. Second edition. STC 13569 -- [With]: ELIZABETHAN DOCUMENT. An obligation or bond, dated 13 January 1581 and signed "F (or S) Gorges." Ink on vellum. 130 x 220 mm. (5 x 8¾ in.), lower portion with several tears, not affecting text. (2)
Details
HOLINSHED, RAPHAEL. The First and Second [and Third] Volumes of Chronicles... London, 1587. Black lettered, double column, titles within woodcut border, ornamental initials. 3 volumes bound in 2, old calf, rebacked, old spines laid down, some corners repaired; title of third volume defective (laid down with text neatly supplied in old ink facsimile), margins of first few pages of third volume repaired, overall light browning and staining. Second edition. STC 13569 -- [With]: ELIZABETHAN DOCUMENT. An obligation or bond, dated 13 January 1581 and signed "F (or S) Gorges." Ink on vellum. 130 x 220 mm. (5 x 8¾ in.), lower portion with several tears, not affecting text. (2)
Provenance
Stonor; Otto Orren Fisher bookplates.