[Rarebooks] FS: Fine copy of the best Latin ed. of Paris' English history. London: 1640.

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(ENGLISH HISTORY) Paris, Matthew and others. HISTORIA MAJOR Juxta Exemplar Londinense 1571, Verbatim Recusa. Et cum Rogeri Wendoveri, Willielmi Rishangeri, Authorisque Majori Minorique Historiis Chronicisque MSS... Editore Willielmo Wats... London: Excudebat Richardus Hodgkinson... 1640 (second part's title dated 1639).  Folio (13-3/4” x 9-1/2”). 2 parts in 1. (48),1010,(126);310,(14)pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait (old paper repair in blank fore-margin). Title printed in red & black, with a woodcut device. Cont. calf, a bit worn, nicely rebacked, red morocco spine label. Title-page lightly spotted. Engraved armorial bookplate dated 1705 on verso of title.	$850.00
Overall, a fine copy of the best Latin edition of this early English chronicle by Paris (ca. 1200-1253).


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