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The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Being Diverse Pieces of Service, Wherein He Had Command
by Vere, Sir Francis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Dillingham, Cambridge, 1657. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition 1657. Half-title with verse verso, 4 double-page maps, 3 double-page plates, lacking portrait of Horace Vere before title-page, the two other portraits laid-in loose from another copy, 19th. Century blind-stamped calf, rubbed at extremities, armorial bookplate of The Earl of Ilchester to front paste-down. Other than the portraits, an exceptionally bright and clean copy.[Cockle 166; Wing V240], folio, Cambridge, John Field, 1657.
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Details
- Bookseller
- finecopy ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110254
- Title
- The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Being Diverse Pieces of Service, Wherein He Had Command
- Author
- Vere, Sir Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Dillingham, Cambridge, 1657
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Westbury, Wiltshire
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- Verso
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