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HOWELL, James (1594-1666). Instructions for Forreine Travell. London: T.B. for Humfrey Mosley, 1642. Engraved frontispiece by W. Hollar and portrait of Prince Charles, the dedicatee. Typographical borders. (One line of text excised recto and verso of L7.) [Bound with:] MORE, Richard (d. 1643). A True Relation of the Murders committed in the parish of Clunne in the county o[f] Salop by Enoch ap Evan upon the bodies of his mother and brother. London: T.B. for P. Stephens and C. Meredith, 1641. 12º. (Title cropped and torn at outer margin with loss of a few letters, old ink mark on frontispiece and title, paper fault on A4 affecting legibility of a few lines, some cropping of line borders.)
Together 2 works in one volume, 12º (131 x 73mm). Early 19th-century half calf, spine gilt with repeated fleuron surmounted by a coronet, red morocco label lettered 'More's Clunne Murder,' red edges. Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (armorial blindstamp on title to the first work, on the two plates and first two leaves of text, engraved 'North Library' label with the same arms dated 1860, list of contents in a 19th-century hand, sold Sotheby's, 13 March 2008, lot 4147).
One of two issues of Howell's work to appear in 1642. It contained useful information on France, Spain and Italy, and was followed by an enlarged edition in 1650. First and only edition of More's True Relation, an early criminal memoir recording how the murderer's executed body was illegally removed from the gibbet and buried by his sisters, resulting in outrage against More and his fellow justice, Sir Robert Howard, because they took no action. Only 5 copies are recorded in ESTC, of which one is in the U.S. (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California). Both works have 'T.B.' as their common printer. Grolier Wither to Prior 479; Wing H-3082 & M-2685.
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