Author: Henry Ellis [ed.]
Title: Original Letters Illustrative of English History
Description: London, Harding, Triphook and Lepard; Harding and Lepard; Richard Bentley, 1824-1846. First edition. Leather. A complete eleven volume set of Henry Ellis's impressive historical work, with each series present in its first edition. A first edition set, complete in eleven volumes: present here is the  1824 first series, in three volumes; the 1827 second series, in four volumes, and the 1846 third series, in four volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, with III of these folding. Collated, complete.With a frontispiece to each volume, three of which are folding. Sir Henry Ellis was an English librarian and antiquarian, for a long period principal librarian at the British Museum. He used his position to publish this work, in which he gathered letters from original manuscripts at the museum.Including letters from Cardinal Wolsey to Thomas Cromwell, Richard Croke to Lord Cromwell, Sir Thomas Smith to Francis Walsingham, and Queen Elizabeth I, the Earl of Essex and other historical figures.Retaining the original half title to all but the final two volumes, as is common.With the bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, West Park, to each front pastedown.With the stamp of the Maynard Smith and Outram library to a front blank of each volume, and with ink number to each back strip tail.In rebacked calf bindings, with boards restored and back strips laid down. Rebacked, in calf bindings with back strips laid down and retaining the original boards. Ink number to each back strip tail. Light rubbing to board perimeters. Small losses to three spine labels. Hinges of each series 1 volume strained, but firmly held. Hinges of series 2 vols 1-3 strained but firmly held, with rear hinge of volume 4 strained but firmly held. Hinges of series 3 volumes strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Stamp to a front blank of each volume. Light offsetting and spotting to title pages, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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