Elder Books and Collectables

Description

Original Letters Written During the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. & Richard III.

By Various Persons of Rank or Consequence Containing Many Curious Anecdotes, Relative to That Turbulent & Bloody but Hitherto Dark Period of Our History

By John Fenn

Printed for G. G. J. & J. Robinson, London 1787 - 1823

Complete Set in Five Volumes

Complete Set With Volumes 1 & 2 Being the Corrected Second Edition Published in 1787.

Volume 3 & 4 Are First Editions Published in 1789.

Volume 5 is the First Edition Published by John Murray in 1823.

All Bound in 19th Century Half Leather Bindings With Marbled Endpapers & Page Edges. Numerous Plates in Black & White With Some Hand Coloured,

Plate Count is as Follows: Volume 1 Has a Hand Coloured Frontis Plus Extra Engraved Title Page, 1 X Further Coloured Plate Plus Folding Chart.

Volume 2 Has Hand Coloured Frontis + Extra Engraved Title Page & 16 X Plates Numbered 1 - 16 to Rear.

Volume 3 Has a Hand Coloured Frontis With Extra Engraved Title Page, 2 X Further Coloured Plates Plus 7 X Plates to Rear Numbered 17 - 23.

Volume 4 Has a Black & White Frontis, Extra Engraved Title Page Plus 5 X Plates to Rear Numbered 24 - 28.

Volume 5 X With Black & White Frontis, Extra Engraved Title Page With 5 X Further Plates Plus 6 Plates to Rear Numbered 29 - 34

Each Book Measures Approx 11 X 9 Inches

Some Minor Rubbing to Leather on Spines & Corners, Occasional Foxing, Occasional Minor Stains or Browning Mostly to Illustrations,

Overall in Very Good Condition With No Cracking to Hinges & Boards Well Attached, Gilt to Spines Bright & Majority of Text Pages Clean

Heavy Books