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paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. Union general Joseph Hooker (1814-79) gained a prominent place in Civil War history. Acting swiftly, the general reorganized his army, routed corruption among quartermasters, improved food and sanitation, and boosted morale by granting furloughs and amnesti.

Green hardback cloth cover. Condizione: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint. VG: in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Previous owner inscription to fep. Light foxing to fore-edge. 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). [x], 51pp, [xv], 120pp, [v], 47pp, 34pp, 24pp, 15pp, [x], 96pp. Contains: A Declaration of the Estate of Clothing now used within this Realme of England [1613] + The Golden Fleece, wherein is Related the Riches of English Wools in its Manufactures. [1656] + Englands Interest and Improvement [1663] + England's Interest Asserted, in the Improvement of its Native Commodities; and more especially the Manufacture of Wool [1669] + Reasons Humbly Offered by the Governour Assistants, and Fellowship of Eastland Merchants Against. a General Liberty. to Export the English Woollen Manufacture. [1689] + Great Britain's Glory. Woolen and Silk Manufacture. [1715].

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed for William Shears in Westminster-hall, FIRST Edition, 1657 & & London: Printed for William Shears, at the Bible in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1655. Half leather binding by Bayntun, stamped to the front paste down, with gilt titles to a red spine label, date of publication to the base of the spine, marbled paper covered boards, rubbed and worn. Scarce first edition (here in the 1657 issue, but first published in 1655) of a political history of England written in 1610 by the famous antiquary and politician Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571-1631). Although the title-page states author as Sr Walter Rawley, he signs the text on page 96 [G8v]: "Robert Cotton Bruceus". "The French Charity", with a separate title-page and pagination, has also been attributed to him. Cotton wrote this political history of Great Britain in 1610 at the request of King James I for the education of his sixteen-year-old son, the Crown Prince Henry, Prince of Wales, who died two years later. In 1657 he reissued it with a cancel title-page (still under Oliver Cromwell, but now referring to the state as the "Common-Wealth", a term now usually reserved for the period before 1653). Some copies come with a frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh (not present here). Cromwell had secured a declaration of war against Spain on 15 October 1655, and perhaps for that reason the 1657 title-page changes the tome with regard to war, suggesting that kings were too often preferred an unjust peace to a just war. Further editions appeared after the Restoration under various titles. The translator of The French Charity (not known to have been published in the original French), is stated as "F.S.J.E.", and is thought to be John Evelyn. Cotton was an avid collector of books, manuscripts, coins and antiquities. His Cottonian Library contained the richest collection of manuscripts ever assembled by a private person. The collection now resides in the British Library. Lacking the cancel-title and portrait. ESTC R221452 but with the 'e' in Forragin; Woodcut head- and tailpieces & initials. Pagination: [2], 96pp; [2], 10pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 6 ½ inches tall (16.2cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition five raised bands, gilt titles to red label, gently faded. Joints very good condition. Corners good condition rubbed. Boards good condition half calf and marbled paper covered boards, blind decoration to the leather edge to both boards. Page edges good condition tanned. Binding good condition attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition plain. End papers good condition plain. Title fair condition toned and chipped. Pages good condition tanned. See photos.