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Sale 397: Rare Books & Manuscripts (#397) 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 02/19/2009 1:00 PM PST

Lot #61 The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$500

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Description

Title:

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

Author:

Fiddes, Richard

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

John Barber

Date Published:

1724

Description:

[4], lv, [1], 534, 260 pp. Frontispiece portrait and 7 engraved plates. (Folio) 16x10, modern full paneled calf in the style of the period, raised bands, gilt lettered red morocco label. First Edition, Large Paper Issue.

"A dry detail, interspersed with dull and trite remarks. Fiddes was severely censured for this work, as being a friend to Popery and the secret enemy of the reformation." Lowndes, p. 796.

Condition:

Ex-library from the Peabody Institute with embossed stamp on several leaves. Some foxing; portrait of Cardinal Fox bound in error at p. 72; else very good in a fine modern binding.

Item#:

200026

Headline:

The Life of Cardinal Wolsey 1724
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