The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books:to which is prefixed, a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth [etc.]
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Book
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Knight Collection
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Publication Year
1767
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Abstract
The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books:to which is prefixed, a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second / by George Lord Lyttelton. The second edition.
Description
(DES) Vol.3 bears the imprint: London, printed for J. Dodsley, ... 1771.||(DES) Vol.4 is in two parts: íNotes to the second and third books ...í with a titlepage dated 1767, and íNotes on the fourth and fifth books ...í with a separate titlepage bearing the same date and imprint as vol.3. It ends with a separately paginated appendix to book 5, and errata to the whole.||(PUB) Printed by William Bowyer over the course of at least ten years, with deliveries beginning as early as 1764; the number of copies recorded varies considerably, and his accounts are probably incomplete. Andrew Millar is also named as one of the original clients.||(REF) Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4517 (v.1-2)||(REF) Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4889 (v.3)||(REF) Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4665 (v.4, pt.1)||(REF) Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 4856 (v.4, pt.2)||(REF) See estc.bl.uk.||(CIP) Published 1767-1771.||(PRV) All four volumes contain the bookplate of Montagu Knight, and shelfmarks L.2.1-4 for the Chawton catalogue 1908.||(BIN) Bound in tan calf with and embellished and decorated spine.||(TIT) Spine title: Lyttelton's history of Henry 2nd.
Biblio Notes
4 v. ; 4to.
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 10538 |
Bay 5, Col 2, Sh 4 |
1 | KNIGHT | Yes |