The History of the Parliament of England;

With Three Tracts, entitled Ludow's Letters, published at Amsterdam

by Thomas May

Preface to 1812 edition by Francis Maseres

London:  Robert Wilks, 1812 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Full calf covers have blind tooled border. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, scuffing, edgewear, signs of old repairs.  Corners are worn, with exposed board, and have old repairs.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text effaced, with firm, repaired ends.
• Binding is secure.  
• Marble end papers/ pastedowns show little sign of age or wear; a bookplate is at front pastedown.  See photos.
• Plate showing Houses of Parliament is ABSENT.
• Frontispiece, a portrait of May, is present; scattered foxing on the page.  See photos. 
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits scattered foxing. 
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2024.0605

337 + 150 pages. 8.75 x 11 inches

A generally very good copy of this 1812 edition of Thomas Mays' original History of 1647, which had passed into extreme scarcity by the 19th century.  With numerous old repairs to the leather covers, and missing the plate depicting the Houses of Parliament.  Following Mays' History are appended three tracts, known as Ludlow's Letters, originally published at Amsterdam in 1691 and 1692.  

As per the bookplate at the front pastedown, this volume came from the library of the United University Club in London, a gentlemen's club founded in 1821 for graduates of Cambridge and Oxford Universities.

Printed in London by Robert Wilks, and sold by White, Cochrane & Co.

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