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THE MEMOIRS OF THE HONOURABLE SIR JOHN RERESBY, BART. AND LAST GOVERNOR OF YORK. CONTAINING SEVERAL PRIVATE AND REMARKABLE TRANSACTIONS, FROM THE RESTORATIONTO THE REVOLUTION INCLUSIVELY. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COPIUS INDEX (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY)
by Reresby, John
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- good
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About This Item
London: Printed for Samuel Harding, Bookseller on the Pavement in St. Martin's Lane, 1735. Second Issue. Leather-bound. good. Three-quarter morocco over stone marbled paper boards. Octavo. Spine double-ruled in gilt with gilt titles and date. Corners bumped edges chafed, wear to outer hinges, generally worn with some darkening to boards. Textblock square, binding tight. [4] 349 pages . Lacks index. "Pp. 286-287 repeated in pagination but text and register are continuous". (ESTC T144303).
Although book does NOT call for illustrations, this copy has 37 individual-page engraved plates of personalities who appear within Reresby's memoirs, including 2 folding plates. Plates done by various engravers -- essentially a customized one-of-a-kind, illustrated edition. Note: One plate is nicely hand colored. Modern bookplate, toned throughout, moderate foxing with some darkening to margins of early pages. Reresby (1634 - 1689) was appointed Governor of York in 1682, and his memoirs are a resource for studies of British history in the last part of the 17th century.
Although book does NOT call for illustrations, this copy has 37 individual-page engraved plates of personalities who appear within Reresby's memoirs, including 2 folding plates. Plates done by various engravers -- essentially a customized one-of-a-kind, illustrated edition. Note: One plate is nicely hand colored. Modern bookplate, toned throughout, moderate foxing with some darkening to margins of early pages. Reresby (1634 - 1689) was appointed Governor of York in 1682, and his memoirs are a resource for studies of British history in the last part of the 17th century.
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- 83159
- Title
- THE MEMOIRS OF THE HONOURABLE SIR JOHN RERESBY, BART. AND LAST GOVERNOR OF YORK. CONTAINING SEVERAL PRIVATE AND REMARKABLE TRANSACTIONS, FROM THE RESTORATIONTO THE REVOLUTION INCLUSIVELY. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COPIUS INDEX (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY)
- Author
- Reresby, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Samuel Harding, Bookseller on the Pavement in St. Martin's Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1735
- Keywords
- Restoration, Charles II, History of York, England; Customized book, Extra-Illustrated eighteenth century books, 18th century illustrated Memoirs
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