BOOK, History of England, 1670.
Sir Richard Baker:
A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the time of the Romans [!] Government unto the Death of King James. [...] Faithfully collected out of the authors ancicent and modern; and digested into a method.
London, printed for George Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate-hill [...], 1670. Folio. 33 x 22 cm. [38] + 772 + [42] pp. (pagination very irregular) + engraved frontispiece (shaved at foot).
On the introductory pages are found “The King’s pedigree in a direct line from King Egbert”, a list of the Kings of England from Roman times to 1669, “A Catalogue of the Nobility, and of the Archbishops, Bishops, Barons, Privie Councellors, Judges, and Baronets of England”, etc.
Fifth Impression. Modern cloth (the binding precisely dated March 11, 1960), bookplate of The New-York Historical Society Library, recent bookplate of Bengt Ollfors. Some slight foxing, corner repair to leaf 2D4 with slight loss of running title.
See description.