A JOURNAL BY ONE OF THE SUITE OF THOMAS BECKINGTON, Afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells, During an Embassy to Negociate A Marriage Between Henry VI and a Daughter of the Count of Armagnac AD MCCCCXLII [1442]
London: William Pickering, 1828. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition. Item #005255
xv [preface, [i] blank, lxxvii [prefatory remarks], [i] blank, [i] errata, [i] blank, 130 pages of text including an index and notes. Limited to 250 copies published. Brown leather binding tooled in the late Medieval style. Minor rubbing to the extremities, including slight rounding of corners. Front hinge is beginning to weaken, but remains attached, functional and attractive. Handwritten on half title page is "With the Editors Compliments." Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown "Robert Washington Oates." A clean, tight and attractive copy of this uncommon publication.
Price: $195.00