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Wolsey the Cardinal, and His Times; Courtly, Political, and Ecclesiastical
by Howard, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. Title vignette (coat of arms). xv, 590 pages, 1 leaf frontispiece (portrait), illustrations. Biography of Thomas Wolsey, born c. 1475, made cardinal 1515, Henry VIII's lord chancellor, and from 1515-1529 Wolsey's rule in foreign affairs was near-complete. Unable to arrange an annulment for Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, and unpopular with those around Anne Boleyn, Henry's proposed new bride, Wolsey was arrested near York in November 1530 and accused of treason. He died on 29 November of the same year as he was traveling to face trial. Very Good plus in unsigned contemporary fine binding of black morocco, the back with five raised bands and gilt rules and lettering and blind tooling, the covers with gilt chain decoration bordering intricately blind tooled decorations, the page block edges stained brown, edges of covers gilt. The armorial bookplate of the private library of Thornham Hall front paste down. Very Good Plus, light rubbing to morocco, toning at edges of paste downs, internally quite clean and bright. Uncommon in lovely tooled binding of the time. . First Edition. Morocco. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008182
- Title
- Wolsey the Cardinal, and His Times; Courtly, Political, and Ecclesiastical
- Author
- Howard, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History; Christianity, Islam, Judaism; Fine Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- A.N.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
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- Jacket
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine Binding
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- First Edition
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