ECHARD, Laurence. The History of England. From the First Entrance

ECHARD, Laurence. The History of England. From the First Entrance of Julius Caesar and the Romans, to the Reign of King James the First. London: Jacob Tonson, 1707. Vol. 1 [only, of 3], folio (351 x 220mm.) Title in red and black, engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved headpieces. (Marginal repairs to title and some leaves, minor soiling.) Near contemporary half calf (rubbed and scuffed, upper joint splitting). Note: an ownership annotation on B1 reads: ‘The above William Pavers was my great great Grandfather and killed at the battle of Culloden fighting in one of the best of causes- that of endeavouring to restore the royal family of Stuart to the thrones of their ancestors, April 1830, William Pavers, Sheffield’. Provenance: William Pavers, Jacobite (ink note to B1); William Pavers [grandson] (ink note to B1, dated 1830); Richard de Alton (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Kate C. Shaw (ink inscription verso frontispiece).

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