Rogerum Dodsworth (2 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Volumes I and II of William Dugdale's important history on the monasteries of England. The first edition of the first two volumes of this important work on the history of monasteries in England. The third volume was not published until 1673.Additional engraved title page to Volume I.This set is incomplete and bound without all plates.'Monasticon Anglicanum' was one of the earliest works to acknowledge the importance of charters as a primary source when consulting medieval history. In addition to this, the work uses charters as a way to understanding the feudal system, and legal possession. Dugdale highlights the wealth of the monasteries, and the importance they had in society prior to the Reformation - something that was not necessarily remembered in Elizabethan and Jacobean society. This work was the first of its scale, and inspired a new area of historical research. William Dugdale was an English antiquary and herald of the seventeenth century. He was a pioneer in medieval history as an academic subject and legitimised the study of monastic history. His 'Monasticon Anglicanum' was originally a collaboration with the English antiquary Roger Dodsworth and the first volume of this work was originally published in 1655. To this work, Dugdale described the history of various orders in England and Wales in addition to the individual monasteries. He explains the surviving foundation charters and those relating to the expansion of the monastery in addition to the known benefactions of the land made to the monastery.Volume I ESTC citation number R225645.Volume II ESTC citation number R211977. In a quarter calf binding with cloth to the boards, with renewed endpapers. Externally, smart. Some light marks to the leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Light tide mark to the tail of the half-title to Volume I, offset a little to the title page. The occasional ink note to the margins. Bound without plates. Tape repairs to leaf 7P1 of Volume II. Gathering from the title page to page 1 is detaching a little to head to the gutter, evident only to the gutter of page 1. Page 1 is detached but present. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Three volumes in 5. Folio. Full contemporary red morocco bindings, spines in 7 compartments, intricately gilt, gilt rules on the boards, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Profusely illustrated with full page copper plate engravings of monks and monasteries. Light subbing to the hinges and edges, one volume with an inner hinge repair, but essentially a fine copy with magnificent plates. An imposing set finely bound. First edition of a collection of documents forming the history of the ancient Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, consisting of Abbies, Priories, Friaries, and other religious houses of England and Wales from their foundation until their Dissolution. In Latin. Precedes the abridged edition in English of 1692. .