[Dugdale, William:] A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, Their Rise, Growth, and Tragical Conclusion. As also, some Parallel thereof with the Barons-Wars in the time of King Henry III. But chiefly with that in France, called the Holy League, in the Reign of Henry III. and Henry IV. l Oxford: Printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681. Folio, pp. [vi], 136, 185-294, 361-439, [i], 449-488, 553-650, [iv], 737-959, [xiii] + portrait frontispiece. Irregular pagination as usual, includes catalogue at rear. Engraved printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials, engraved headpiece. Some pages heavily foxed but others not at all, light dampstaining to head edge from the middle on, some faint blotchy marks and scorches including one hole to 6D1 affecting a few letters, occasional pencil lines to margins. Contemporary speckled dark brown calf boards neatly rebacked in a slightly lighter shade, raised bands gilt ruled, title and date tooled directly, corners repaired. Boards scuffed with some scrapes and small repaired areas of loss, ffep foxed and repaired at top corner, without rfep, still good overall. The ESTC differs from Wing in listing a separate 1671 edition on the evidence of one imperfect copy showing a different imprint; assuming that imprint is correct, this issue would be the second edition. The "last major production", initially published anonymously, of the antiquary Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686), "it is useful for its copiousness and the precision of its dates" (ODNB). Included as an appendix with its own divisional title page is a short work on "the Treaty for a Peace, Begun at Uxbridge, January 30. 1644," which is a reprint of a pamphlet originally published in 1645. After the index is a 5-page "Catalogue of Books Printed at the Theater in Oxford" for the year 1681. ESTC R18097; Brunet II 868; Graesse II 443; Lowndes 692; Wing D 2492. Ref: 55042show full image..
Dugdale, William; Stevens, John: Monasticon Anglicanum, or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, [...]. [with] The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, [etc.,] Being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum: [...] London: Printed by R. Harbin, for D. Browne and J. Smith; Printed for Tho. Taylor, [etc.], 1718; 1722; 1723. 3 vols., pp. [ii] xvi 120 *117-*120, 121-124, *121-*124, [i],126-244, [i], 242-375 [ix] + 103 plates, including engraved title-page; [ii], vii, [v], 76, ff. 77-84, pp. 85-264, cols. 265-272, 273-538 [ii] + 19 plates; [iv], 279, [i], 152, cols. 153-184, pp. 185-223, 242-388, [vi] + 31 plates. Second volume bound with 19 plates rather than the more usual 20, the absent plate being 'The Famous Church of St. Alban with a View of Verulam'. Title pages in red and black, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 153 plates in total of which 13 are folding, publisher's list to final leaf (verso) of vol.I. Vols. II & III with a little occasional foxing to bottom fore-edge corner, vol.II with a small paper repair to bottom margin of 6H. Generally very clean and bright. 19th-century brown calf, lightly diced, neatly rebacked, spines ornately gilt and each with dark and mid-brown labels, gilt borders and dentelles, edges coloured bright yellow, marbled endpapers. A little rubbed with a few light marks, joints worn with vol. I upper joint split from tail to approx. halfway up and vol. II just starting at tail, vol. II and III spine labels transposed, most corners worn but still good overall. The antiquary John Stevens' abridgement and translation of William Dugdale's monumental Monasticon Anglicanum, complete with his two supplementary volumes. Called by Lowndes 'an excellent epitome'. The additional volumes add hundreds of additional monastic charters, also translated into English. "For the first time it treated pre- and post-Reformation monastic history as a continuum" (ODNB). When the Monasticon was re-edited into six enormous volumes in the 19th century, Stevens' two supplements were incorporated. This was the second English translation/abridgement of the Monasticon, following a much shorter and less successful version in 1693 by James Wright. ESTC T149944, T147338; Lowndes I 686-7; Upcott p. xviii. Ref: 54528show full image..
Dunlop, John: History of Roman Literature, from its Earlist Period to the Augustan Age. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. First edition. 2 vols., 8vo., pp. xxiii, [i], 598; [ii], 627, [i] + errata slip at rear of each volume. A few illustrations in the text. A few patches of faint toning but generally good. Both volumes rebacked with raised bands: vol. I with a plain spine, green gilt title and vol. labels; vol. II with previous spine retained, gilt with brown title and vol. labels. Contemporary calf boards, plain gilt borders. Edges sprinkled red, drab endpapers. Rubbed, some scrapes, vol II hinges repaired and volume label chipped with some loss. Good, sound copies overall. Traces of a bookplate removed from front pastedown. Noted as being most useful for its 'abstracts of the works under consideration and illustrations drawn from modern European literatures' (Tedder, ODNB). Ref: 54773show full image..
Dych, Ludwig Heinrich: The Roman Barbarian Wars: The Era of Roman Conquest. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2015 First edition. 8vo., pp. xviii, 238 + plates. Maps. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused: as new. Ref: 54639
Eaton, Jonathan: Leading the Roman Army: Soldiers and Emperors 31 BC - AD 235 Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2020. First edition. 8vo., pp. xiv, 205 + plates. Hardback: black cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54509
Edwards, Robert R. & Ziegler, Vickie: Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1995. First edition. 8vo., pp. xi, 127. Hardback: red cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Spine only slightly cocked, very light shelf-wear, still a very good copy overall. A collection of essays, now revised with additions, from papers presented at the eponymous conference held at Pennsylvania State University in 1991. Ref: 53328
Eldrington, C. R. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Volume V. London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1973. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Light shelf-wear, still very good. Ref: 53990
Elrington, C. R. (ed.): The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester. Volume VIII: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1968. First edition. 4to. Fully illustrated. Hardback: red cloth, gilt, a touch of dust to edges, fine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, a touch grubby, with creasing along top edge, fraying at one corner and two small closed tears over base of spine otherwise intact. Overall. still a good to very good copy. Ref: 54085
Elton, C.I., Mackay, H.J.H.: Robinson on Gavelkind: The common law of Kent, or the customs of gavelkind. London: Butterworth & Co., 1897. 8vo, pp. [xxxv], 266. Slight browning, edges dusty, occasional very minor spotting, but still a good copy. Black cloth, boards and spine gilt, joints and extremities a little rubbed, hinges starting, but still a good copy. Fifth edition. Ref: 53507
Emerick, Judson J.: The Tempietto del Clitunno near Spoleto. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998. 4to., pp. 630. Hardback: cloth. Dust-jacket. New, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. Ref: 54620
