[Rarebooks] FS: "The Marrow of History" printed by Elizabeth Alsop in 1653

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Lodowick, Lloyd (comp.). THE MARROW OF HISTORY: or, the Pilgrimage of Kings and Princes. Truly Representing the Variety of Dangers Inherent to Their Crowns; and the Lamentable Deaths Which... the Best of Them, Have Undergone... Corrected and Revised by R. C. [Robert Codrington]. London: Printed by E[lizabeth]. Alsop. 1653. Sm. 4to. (8),312pp. Gothic type. Cont. calf, extremities of spine chipped, hinges rubbed but holding. Title page lightly soiled.	$1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Lodowick (1573-1610) was "one of the Gentleman in ordinary to Queen Elizabeth." Elizabeth Alsop, the woman printer, was active 1653-1656. Wing L2660


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