1717 History of Great Rebellion Edward Hyde Lord Clarendon 2nd Edition, Complete

Description: The Lord Clarendon’s History of the Great Rebellion Compleated, containing, I. The Heads of the Great Men on both sides, whole characters he gives (being 85 in Number) Drawn from Original Printing of Vandike, A. More, Dobson, Corn. Johnson, and other Eminent painters. And Engraven by Mr. Vertue, Mr. Vandegutcht, Mr. Sturt, &c. II. The Tracts, Speeches, Letters, Memorials, &c mention’s in the said History, are here at large, and reffer’d to the Page therein. With his Lordship’s Life. III. Three Maps, viz. 1. South Britain (with the Tract of the King Charles the Second’s miraculous Escape from Worcester.) 2. North Britain. 3. Ireland. IV. Two Tables, one of the Heads, and who Painted and Engrav’d them. The other, of all the Battles that was fought; both referring to the Pages in the aforesaid History. The Second Edition, with the Addition of Four Plates of Battles, and Two Sheets describing them, &c. London: Printed for John Nicholson at the King’s Arms In Little-Britain. 1717. 85 portraits + 7 fold-outs (complete), Cambridge binding, 248 p., 7.75 x 5”, 8vo. In fair condition. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine chipped; headbands remain. Front and rear hinges split, binding remains intact. Scuffing and soiling to leather baords. Spine cracked down center line. Gilt lettering and deco on spine moderately dulled. Previous ownership bookplate found on front paste-down. Front and rear gutters split with exposed cording. Toning througtou text-block, mostly at edges of leaves. Light off-setting exhibited on leaves adjacent to portraits. Fold-outs overall clean and itnact. Binding beginning to crack between pages 18-9 (proceeding portraits). Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon PC JP (1609 – 1674) was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian who served as chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II from 1660 to 1667. Hyde largely avoided involvement in the political disputes of the 1630s until elected to the Long Parliament in November 1640. Like many moderates he felt attempts by Charles I to rule without Parliament had gone too far, but by 1642 felt Parliament's leaders were, in turn, seeking too much power. A devout believer in an Episcopalian Church of England, his opposition to Puritan attempts to reform it drove much of his policy over the next two decades. He joined Charles in York shortly before the First English Civil War began in August 1642, and initially served as his senior political advisor. However, as the war turned against the Royalists, his rejection of attempts to build alliances with Scots Covenanters or Irish Catholics led to a decline in his influence. This is the Second Edition which has additional plates and descriptions of the battles fought along with the classic view of Charles II in disguise, running for his life. RAREB1717GPQA - 12/17 COLH1717QMOY - 09/24 - HKREV33

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