THE
HISTORIE
OF THE RAIGNE
KING
HENRY
The Seventh

Written
By the Right Honourable
FRANCIS
Lord Verulam, Viscount
St. Alban.


LONDON,
Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew
Lownes, and William
Barret
1622

Bound in full leather rebacked with contemporary boards retained and remnants of spine laid down. Measuring approx. 30.5cm x 19.5cm x 2.7cm. Little scuffed, grubby and worn with a small chip to rear board. Extremities little rubbed with some chips. Internally there are more recent endpapers to front and rear, the front of which has a circular bookplate. Original blank is bit creased, has ink inscription and tiny name plate to verso (Henry Terry?). Portrait frontispiece has pale stain to lower edge and a faint crease. Ink name to title page (Wm Webb?). Beginning to strain to lower gutter of Epistle, one leaf has small tear, and following couple of leaves pulling a touch to lower edge. Little light foxing in places (touch more so to first and last few leaves). Light thumbing, with scattered pale grubbiness. Occasional crease, else the majority of contents are in reasonable and firm condition for age.

Portrait frontispiece and architectural engraved title page

FIRST EDITION
In this edition page 3 line 12 has "Souldiours"

Portrait, Architectural engraved title page, [2] 1-248.

Rare edition of Francis Bacon's famous biography of Henry Tudor, King Henry VII.

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