The History of the House of Esté. From the time of Forrestus until the Death of Alphonsus the last Duke of Ferrara ...
London: J. M. for Rich. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St Pauls Church-yard, 1681. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Item #18608
Small 8vo. (28),291,(1)pp. 19th cent. full calf by Hering of Regent Street. marbled endpapers and edges. Author's name from Wing; sometimes erroneously attributed to David Craufurd. Bound without portrait or errata slip, sometimes present. Rebacked with original backstrip laid on (with some loss to the edges), boards yawning a bit, else a very good copy. With a blank modern bookplate on the front free endpaper and the armorial plate of Somerst on the front pastedown. Wing C6853; ESTC R5167.
Price: $500.00
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