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1761 History of Trials and Executions of Royal & Noble Personages Treason Crime
1761 History of Trials and Executions of Royal & Noble Personages Treason Crime
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A General History of the Lives, Trials, and Executions of All the Royal and Noble Personages, That Have Suffered in Great-Britain and Ireland for High Treason, or Other Crimes, from the Accession of Henry VIII. to the Throne of England, Down to the Present Time
With a Circumstantial Narrative of thier Behaviour during Confinement and at the Place of Execution; To which is added a Particular Account of the Rebellions in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the two last Centuries.
By Delahay Gordon
Printed for J Burd, London, 1760. First Edition. Volume I only. Full leather binding, pp x, 518. Illustrated with 7 copper plates.
Includes Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Moore, Thomas Cromwell, Anne Bullen, Fisher Bishop of Rochester, Thomas Fitzgerald, Catherine Howard, Earl of Surry, Thomas Seymour, Edward Seymour, John Dudley, Jane Grey.
CONDITION
A good complete volume I. The original binding is worn with cracking to the hinges but with both boards attached (front board a bit shaken). Pages good throughout and free from spotting. Perhaps the odd thumb mark. One page has a closed tear. The title page has a little tearing to the bottom gutter and also has some browning to the bottom margin which repeats on the next 3 pages. Overall a good complete volume.
With a Circumstantial Narrative of thier Behaviour during Confinement and at the Place of Execution; To which is added a Particular Account of the Rebellions in England, Scotland and Ireland, for the two last Centuries.
By Delahay Gordon
Printed for J Burd, London, 1760. First Edition. Volume I only. Full leather binding, pp x, 518. Illustrated with 7 copper plates.
Includes Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Moore, Thomas Cromwell, Anne Bullen, Fisher Bishop of Rochester, Thomas Fitzgerald, Catherine Howard, Earl of Surry, Thomas Seymour, Edward Seymour, John Dudley, Jane Grey.
CONDITION
A good complete volume I. The original binding is worn with cracking to the hinges but with both boards attached (front board a bit shaken). Pages good throughout and free from spotting. Perhaps the odd thumb mark. One page has a closed tear. The title page has a little tearing to the bottom gutter and also has some browning to the bottom margin which repeats on the next 3 pages. Overall a good complete volume.
(Platform; Old Bindings )
