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[SARPI, Paolo (1552-1623)]. The Historie of the Councel of Trent, translated by Nathaniel Brent. London: B. Norton and J. Bill. 2° (324 x 205mm). Woodcut royal arms on title, with the final colophon leaf, very light browning throughout). Contemporary calf, red lettering piece on spine (a little rubbed). Provenance: George Kenyon (18th-century armorial bookplate) - Paul H. Beves (bookplate). Second English edition, issue with 'Second edition' on title in large and small capitals. STC 21762; cf. PMM 118.
COMINES, Philippe de (1445-1509). The Historie. London: for John Bill, 1614. Title within a woodcut border, woodcut initials, with the final blank (title shaved at top and outer margins). STC 5604. [Bound with]: MATTHIEU, Pierre (1563-1621). The History of Lewis the Eleventh, translated by Edward Grimeston. London: George Eld, 1614. Woodcut portrait of Louis XI on title, woodcut headpieces and initials, with the initial and final blank (lacks 4F2, first word of title cropped). STC 17662. 2 works in one volume, 2° (270 x 170mm). (Margins cut very close affecting a few genealogical diagrams in the first work and a few headlines in both works, very light discolouration and spotting). Late 18th/early 19th-century calf-backed boards (slightly worn). Provenance: Charles Whibley (book-label) - presented by him to Ethel (inscription on initial blank) - Paul H. Beves (bookplate).
With Thomas Fuller's The History of the Worthies of England (London, 1662). (3)
COMINES, Philippe de (1445-1509). The Historie. London: for John Bill, 1614. Title within a woodcut border, woodcut initials, with the final blank (title shaved at top and outer margins). STC 5604. [Bound with]: MATTHIEU, Pierre (1563-1621). The History of Lewis the Eleventh, translated by Edward Grimeston. London: George Eld, 1614. Woodcut portrait of Louis XI on title, woodcut headpieces and initials, with the initial and final blank (lacks 4F2, first word of title cropped). STC 17662. 2 works in one volume, 2° (270 x 170mm). (Margins cut very close affecting a few genealogical diagrams in the first work and a few headlines in both works, very light discolouration and spotting). Late 18th/early 19th-century calf-backed boards (slightly worn). Provenance: Charles Whibley (book-label) - presented by him to Ethel (inscription on initial blank) - Paul H. Beves (bookplate).
With Thomas Fuller's The History of the Worthies of England (London, 1662). (3)
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