Original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. By various persons of Rank of Consequence; Containing Many Curious Anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, Period of our History; and Elucidating, not only Public Matters of State, but likewise the Private Manners of the Age: Digested in Chronological Order; with Notes, Historical and Explanatory; and Authenticated by Engravings of Autographs, Fac Similes Paper-Marks, and Seals. In two volumes. The Second Edition with Additions and Corrections

John Fenn

Published by G G J and J Robinson, UK, 1787

About this Item

The second edition of this important collection of family letters, published the same year as the first. A later two volumes were published in 1789 and Fenn had the intention to produce a fifth volume which remained unfinished at his death.

This important work contains correspondence from members of this Norfolk gentry family, the Pastons, as well as other important state papers and documents, from 1422 to 1509. These letters are one of the greatest primary sources of life during the War of the Roses and early Tudor Period.

Illustrate with two hand-coloured plates, two engraved title pages, a folding genealogical table, and a further sixteen plates across both volumes. Collated and complete.

This copy contains a heraldic bookplate to the front pastedown of each copy with the Latin motto 'Nec temere, nec temide'. There is also another previous owner's bookplate to the front free-endpaper of each volume titled 'Rissa - her book'.

CONDITION REPORT:
In contemporary calf binding with five raised bands to each spine and morocco spine labels. Externally, some shelf wear to the boards, and rubbing to the spines and extremities. Heraldic bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume and previous owner's bookplate to the front free-endpaper of each volume. Internally, hinges are strained but otherwise firmly bound. Some light spotting to the pages and plates, but otherwise bright and clean, particularly for a work of this time.

Seller Inventory # 1J2

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. By various persons of Rank of Consequence; Containing Many Curious Anecdotes, relative to that turbulent and bloody, but hitherto dark, Period of our History; and Elucidating, not only Public Matters of State, but likewise the Private Manners of the Age: Digested in Chronological Order; with Notes, Historical and Explanatory; and Authenticated by Engravings of Autographs, Fac Similes Paper-Marks, and Seals. In ...
• Publisher: G G J and J Robinson, UK
• Publication Date: 1787
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 27W x 8H x 23D centimeters 27 centimeters width by 8 centimeters height by 23 centimeters depth
• Weight: 3 kilograms