Memoirs of Henry the Eighth of England: With the Fortunes, Fates, and Characters of His Six Wives

by Henry William Herbert

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition, state C “NOTED ONLY IN REBOUND CONDITION” - BAL . Frontispiece portrait of Henry VIII. 6 engraved plates of Henry’s six wives. i -xii, 13 -441, 442, ad , 443-444, ads . 1 vols. 8vo. Original publisher’s blue-grey cloth, boards stamped in blind. Spine faded, head and foot of spine chipped, one gathering loose, plate a bit foxed. Preserved in a quarter morocco slipcase with chemise. With the bookplate of John M. Schiff and another.

• Binding: Leather

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