CLARENDON, Edward [HYDE], Earl of.

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which is Added an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland, by... A New Edition, Exhibiting a Faithful Collation of the Original Ms., with All the Suppressed Passages; Also the Unpublished Notes of Bishop Warburton. [with] The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon... in which is Included a Continuation of the History of the Grand Rebellion. Written by Himself. [and] Religion and Policy and the Countenance and Assistance Each Should Give to the Other with a Survey of the Power and Jurisdiction of the Pope in the Dominions of Other Princes. By...

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1826, 1827, 1831. Together thirteen volumes, eight for the "History", three for the "Life" and two for the "Religion and Policy". Large 8vo. A handsome and rather curious uniform 19th century binding of full Russia boards with close matching morocco spine and corners, the transition between the two leathers demarcated by a thin blind tooled border, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, an early armorial bookplate "Dieu Pour Nous" to the front pastedown, underneath which another pictorial bookplate of the (private) "Beaufoy Library". Occasional minor wear to the extremities, a handsome set. Item #45677

Price: £800.00