Author: Roger l'Estrange
Title: A Brief History of the Times
Description: London, Charles Brome; R. Sare, 1678-88. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Roger L'Estrange's interesting history of his own time, an exploration of the Restoration from the point of view of the Charles II defender. The first edition.Complete as three parts in one volume, scarce to see all three parts in one.ESTC citation number R12118.Each part with a separate title page and pagination. Part I printed for Charles Bromes, Parts II and III for R. Sare.Collated, complete. Roger L'Estrange's history, looking at his contemporary times and significant events of the eighteenth century.L'Estrange offers his Royalist first hand account of the Restoration and King Charles II's regime, the Popish Plot, and more significant events of this fraught period of British history.Throughout his life as a prominent pamphleteer, L'Estrange often saw himself mired in controversy, in particular in his attacks on those in opposition to Charles II. His defensive nature about Charles shines through in this history. In a full rebacked calf binding. Externally, lightly rubbed and a little discoloured. Boards are a little worn. Former loss to the head and tail of the spine, prior to rebacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. A little discolouration and faint damp stain to the head of the textblock, affecting most pages. Neat repair to the first and last few pages to the head and fore edge. Ink inscription to the title of the first part. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: A Brief History of the Times roger l'estrange e. b. godfrey history roger l'estrange edmund berry godfrey None
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Title: A Brief History of the Times
Description: London, Charles Brome; R. Sare, 1678-88. First edition. Leather. The scarce first edition of Roger L'Estrange's interesting history of his own time, an exploration of the Restoration from the point of view of the Charles II defender. The first edition.Complete as three parts in one volume, scarce to see all three parts in one.ESTC citation number R12118.Each part with a separate title page and pagination. Part I printed for Charles Bromes, Parts II and III for R. Sare.Collated, complete. Roger L'Estrange's history, looking at his contemporary times and significant events of the eighteenth century.L'Estrange offers his Royalist first hand account of the Restoration and King Charles II's regime, the Popish Plot, and more significant events of this fraught period of British history.Throughout his life as a prominent pamphleteer, L'Estrange often saw himself mired in controversy, in particular in his attacks on those in opposition to Charles II. His defensive nature about Charles shines through in this history. In a full rebacked calf binding. Externally, lightly rubbed and a little discoloured. Boards are a little worn. Former loss to the head and tail of the spine, prior to rebacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. A little discolouration and faint damp stain to the head of the textblock, affecting most pages. Neat repair to the first and last few pages to the head and fore edge. Ink inscription to the title of the first part. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: A Brief History of the Times roger l'estrange e. b. godfrey history roger l'estrange edmund berry godfrey None
Price: GBP 395.00 = appr. US$ 564.05 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 855P11
- Book number: 855P11
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