Itinerarium Thomæ Carve, Tipperariensis, sacellani majoris. Anglorum, Scotorum et Hibernorum sub exercitu Cæsareæ majestatis militantium, cum historia facti Butleri, Gordon, Lesly et aliorum. Nova editio, tres partes in uno volumine complectens, ad eidem optimorum exemplarium accurata, imagineque auctoris adornata; cui accedunt paucula quædam de vita itinerantis, necnon index generalis.

CARVE, Thomas || KERNEY, M. (ed.).

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London, Bernard Quaritch, 1859. 8vo. Engr. portrait,+ xxiv,+ 432 pp. Occasional light foxing. Some underlinings with red pencil in preface and bibliography. Small brown stain pp. 216-21. Somewhat worn contemporary half cloth with sparsely gilt spine, top edge gilt. Thore Virgin?s exlibris, signature and note: ?RRR? Stamp from Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana. Cox I, p. 101. Setterwall 1872. Original editions of the different parts printed 1639-46. This is the first complete edition. Thomas Carve -or Carew- (c. 1590-1664), Irish priest from the county of Tipperary. He began to serve as an Army Chaplain with the Imperial German army sometimes before 1626 and left that service in 1643, in other words, he was an eye witness to the better part of the Thirty-Years War. His books contain a mix of travels, history and curiosities and all are very scarce.

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• Title: Itinerarium Thomæ Carve, Tipperariensis, sacellani majoris. Anglorum, Scotorum et Hibernorum sub exercitu Cæsareæ majestatis militantium, cum historia facti Butleri, Gordon, Lesly et aliorum. Nova editio, tres partes in uno volumine complectens, ad eidem optimorum exemplarium accurata, imagineque auctoris adornata; cui accedunt paucula quædam de vita itinerantis, necnon index generalis.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback