[Rarebooks] FS: Lediard's "Naval History of England" London: 1735. Folio. 2 v. in 1

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MARITIME) Lediard, Thomas. THE NAVAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, in All Its Branches; from the Norman Conquest in the Year 1066. to the Conclusion of 1734... With Many Facts and Observations, Never Before Made Publick. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for John Wilcox, and Olive Payne. 1735. Folio. 2 volumes in 1. iv,(24),xii,394;(2),(395)-933pp. plus 1 page of ads. Double column text. Copper engraved frontispiece portrait within an elaborate vignette. Copper engraved headpiece and historiated initial. Cont. mottled calf, elaborately gilt spine with brown calf label. Hinges cracked but cords holding nicely. Two bookplates on front pastedown.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
Lediard (1685-1743), a man of
 independent means, wrote on many subjects. Prior to penning this work he had been the secretary to His Majesty's ambassador to Lower Germany.

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