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VERGILIUS ( Polydorus ). Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem … Basiliae, apud Mich. Isingrinium,

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VERGILIUS ( Polydorus ). Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem … Basiliae, apud Mich. Isingrinium,

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 20 @ 11:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
VERGILIUS ( Polydorus ). Anglicae historiae libri vigintiseptem … Basiliae, apud Mich. Isingrinium, 1557With woodcut device on title-page and on verso of final leaf, the first page of dedication to Henry VIII and the first page of text surrounded by fine metal-cut four-piece borders by Hans Frank, and with some ornamental iniitials throughout, pages (2), 691, (37) and final leaf blank but for large woodcut device on verso, folio, contemporary calf with small arabesque oval device in blind on both boards, old rebacking with label, gilt, new endpapers and flyleaves, with the armorial book plate of Colonel Cooper and Markree library label : faint old water stain in lower margin of first few leaves, small piece cut from the lower outer blank margin of leaf N6 clear of text, headbands worn but binding strong and otherwise a large and very good, clean copy with the contemporary signature of "Gilbtr. Deani" on title-page and the later inscription, also on title-page, "Liber Edm Deani". Adams V 451 (C only). The twenty-seventh book (dealing with the history of Henry VIII's reign to 1538), here included, was first published in the same publisher's edition of 1555. This, the earliest critical history of England, compiled by an Italian humanist residing at the court of Henry VIII, utilises many curious sources and contains the sources of Cymbeline, King Lear, Macbeth, etc. As an authority it is invaluable for the reign of Henry VII (DNB).BASLE PRINTED; HISTORY; EUROPE; ENGLAND; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;