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STRUTT'S CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND
The Chronicle of England. From The Arrival of Julius Caesar To The End of The Saxon Heptarchy.
London: Joseph Cooper, 1777.
2 vols., 4to (12 x 9 inches). Full straight grain morocco with elaborate blind tooling to the panels, gilt raised bands and lettering. Blind tooling to boards. The arms of Henry Edward Bunbury (son of the famous caricaturist, Henry William Bunbury, served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1809-16, responsible for informing Napoleon of his sentence of deportation to St Helena) embossed on both boards of both volumes and on bookplate. All edges and outer edges gilt, dentelles. Marbled boards. Illustrated throughout with 42 engravings and maps. Slight foxing to the prelims but internally clean with very wide margins.
A stunning binding. The Chronicle of England is a very ambitious work and intended to be seen as a reference rather than a narrative history. Six volumes had been initially projected but only the first two were published (1777-8). Together they covered the history of England from the Roman period to the end of the Saxon heptarchy.
£895.00
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