Author: Reginald R. Sharpe [ed.]
Title: Calendar of Letter-Books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall: F, G, H, K, L
Description: London, By Order of the Corporation Under the Direction of the Library Committee; John Edward Francis, 1904-1912 . Cloth. A fascinating collection of five volumes of the letter-books of the city of London, with letter books F, G, H, K and L present here. A fascinating insight into London from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, edited by Reginald R. Sharpe from the archives of the City of London.Five volumes from a set that ran to eleven volumes. Present here are:Letter-Book F, circa A.D. 1337-1352Letter-Book G, circa A.D. 1352-1374Letter-Book H, circa A.D. 1375-1399Letter-Book K, Henry VILetter-Book L, Edward IV-Henry VIIWith the stamp of Derek Keene to the front free endpaper of F and G, and his inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume. Keene was a prominent English urban historian, who brought together history, archaeology and geography to investigate how people in the past experienced life in cities such as London. The project that generated most excitement was his work in the 1980s and 90s on the townscape and society of medieval London. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, excellent, with bumping to spine heads and tails. Hinges of F, and front hinge of G strained, but firmly held. Stamp to front free endpaper of two volumes, and inscriptions to front free endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, but with the odd spot to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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