The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Being Diverse Pieces of Service, Wherein He Had Command
by Vere, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: William Dillingham, 1657. 1st. HB. Full contemporary blind ruled leather, 5 raised bands on spine, folio (10.5x7), xii, 209, ii (addendum). With half-title, frontis portrait of Sir Horace Vere (lacking other two portraits, as called for), and including double page plates of map of Ostende, action at Turnhoult, map of Cadez, map of the Low Countries, and Vere's Tomb at Westminister. Old paper repair top corner of ffep, small piece of bottom corner missing page115, not affecting text. Owners name front paste-down, no other marks in book. A nice, wide margined copy, text in ruled border. Covers show edge wear, scuffing, joints cracked about 2 inches at top of spine. Includes "An account of the last charge at Newport battel, by Sir John Ogle," and "Sir Francis Vere his parlie at Ostend, written by Sir John Ogle there present": p. 106-117, 143-178, and "Praelium Nuportanum rerum fide tradebat Is. Dorislaus", p. 179-209. Book condition Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GX6881
- Title
- The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, Being Diverse Pieces of Service, Wherein He Had Command
- Author
- Vere, Francis
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Dillingham
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1657
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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