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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. A very scarce copy of this expansive reference work edited by F. J. Routledge. Volume IV. only. Covering the years 1657-1660. This particular volume presents a calendar of the Clarendon State Paper that are preserved in Oxford University's world renowned Bodleian Library. Edited by F. J. Routledge, under the direction of Sir Charles Firth. Previous owners bookplate of 'Roy & Nina Merley' to the front pastedown, and an additional booksellers label to the tail of the pastedown. The Merleys owned Plaish Hall, Shropshire. This is a stunning Grade I Tudor house, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The home once belonged to Judge William Leighton, who was an amateur poet and sixteenth century composer. The house, as it stands now, was built in two stages for Leighton, who was presiding over a trial of prisoners whilst the home was being completed. Roy and Nina Merley owned the house for thirty-five years and were responsible for reinstating the Tudor style gardens and renovating the house to its former glory. Their bookplate has an image of the house in the background, with a blackbrid eating a worm in the foreground. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Light patches of rubbing to the front and rear joints, and 2 small tears to the head and tail of the front joints. Booksellers label and the previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. The external condition of this copy impacts the overall condition. Very Good. None (illustratore). book.…