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[Domesday Book] [Farley, Abraham (ed)]Biblio.com

Domesday Book Seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi regis Angliæ inter archivos regni in domo capitulari Westmonasterii asservatus.

réf. 54574London: Record Commisioners 1783. EDITIO PRINCEPS. 2 vols. Folio. ff. 382; pp. 450. Without titles as issued. Vol. I first 4 leaves a little creased light toning very faint foxing to some leaves occasional light smudgy marks; vol. II occasional tiny spots and smudges but generally brighter inside than vol. I. Contemporary reddish-brown diced russia neatly rebacked with original spines retained. Spines gilt with green morocco title and volume labels gilt borders marbled endpapers. Vol. I spine a bit crackled ruined a few small marks corners worn and repaired; vol. II head cap split horiztonally with both it and the endband coming loose a little rubbed corners repaired but bumped still very good overall. Recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to ffep verso each volume. Three booksellers' catalogue descriptions tipped onto ffep verso vol. I. The significance of Domesday Book was perceived at an early stage by scholars such as Selden who printed extracts at the end of his edition of Eadmer in 1623. Domesday Book itself was held under lock and key and could only be consulted for a fee with an additional charge of fourpence for each line transcribed. Without a complete printed edition scholar's regard for Domesday was combined with an ignorance of its general contents until 1783 when this edition was printed at the behest of a Royal Comission. It was printed in record type designed for the occasion by J. Nicholls and cut by J. Jackson former apprentice of William Caslon the elder and later destroyed in the Westminster fire of 1834. Douglas in his work English Scholars 1660-1730 expresses the view that Farley's achievement has been 'shamefully neglected' and that 'he produced one of the most accurate and reliable transcripts in the history of English scholarship'. Title-pages to theses volumes were supplied by the Record Commission in 1816 and two subsequent volumes comprising additions and index were provided in 1811 and 1816. ESTC 097297; Upcott p.xiii [London]: [Record Commisioners], [1783.] unknown

Unsworth's Antiquarian Booksellers · Royaume-Uni600,00 £GB≈ 716,61 €

Abraham de WicquefortBiblio.com

L'Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions Et Reflaxions sur Les Memoires Pour Les Ambassadeurs et Rosponse Au Ministre Prisonnier Et Discours Historique de L'election de L'Empereur et des Electeurs de L'Empire

1689réf. LTH1-E-10Cologne: Pierre Marteau 1689. Leather. Good Only. 9.5" by 7.5". None. A scarce and early collection of works discussing political issues surrounding restoration France and King Louis XIV. Written in French Written while the author was imprisoned the collection contains both parts one and two of L'Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions Reflaxions sur Les Memoires Pour Les Ambassadeurs et Rosponse Au Ministre Prisonnier and Discours Historique de L'election de L'Empereur et des Electeurs de L'Empire. Featuring illuminated capitals. Wicqufort was an intelligencer gazetteer and a diplomat of the second order who is remembered more for what he wrote than for his other accomplishments. Born in Holland Wicquefort nevertheless spent most of his diplomatic career in Paris. Here he served as resident of the Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1626 until 1658 when having fallen foul of Mazarin he was first briefly imprisoned in the Bastille and then expelled. Invited to The Hague by John de Witt the Grand Pensionary of Holland Wicquefort was employed as a translator for the States General but chiefly as the Grand Pensionary's special secretary for French correspondence. In 1675 Wicquefort who had in the previous year also secured the appointment of resident in Holland of the Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle was accused by his enemies of selling state secrets. He was tried by the Court of Holland and despite his plea of diplomatic immunity imprisoned for life on the grounds that he remained a Dutch national in the paid service of its government to which he had taken an oath of secrecy. Sent like Grotius before him to the prison of Loevestein though he escaped to Celle in 1679 he devoted his time to furious writing. First published in the year before he died and subsequently reissued many times this became the most highly regarded manual of diplomacy of the eighteenth century. Disbound although with original rear board and backstrip. Generally firmly bound to the text block edge although with title page absent and the last few leaves detached yet present. Generally bright and clean although with the first page slightly age toned and with the odd spot throughout. Good Only Pierre Marteau hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni595,00 £GB≈ 710,63 €

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