THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS NORTH, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. Wherein are inserted the characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin, and others the most eminent lawyers and statesmen of that time. [4],333,[11]p. Port. frontis. engraved by Vertue. Pp.257-8 silked. [Bound with]. THE LIFE OF THE HONOURABLE SIR DUDLEY NORTH, Knt. Commissioner of the Customs, and afterwards of the Treasury to his Majesty King Charles the Second. And of the Honourable and Reverend Dr. John North, Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, and Greek Professor, Prebend of Westminster, and sometime Clerk of the Closet to the same King Charles the
Published by John Whitson. -4, 1742
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1st Ed. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. Ex-libris Acland Inebranlable, light age toning, contemporary speckled calf, minor loss to corners, rebacked in modern calf with blind motifs and original gilt lettered label, minor signs of wear. Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers 3044; ESTC T149591; Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers 3174; ESTC T149592;ODNB Roger North (1651–1734), lawyer, politician, and writer. ‘. North's son Montagu published the three lives after his father's death, that of Francis in 1742 and those of John and Dudley in 1744. While he heavily edited his father's manuscripts of the two latter, the version which Montagu produced for publication of Francis's Life, the longest of the three, grossly distorts both the form and content of his father's final version. North's theory of biography, discussed in his 'general preface' (published in 1984 as Roger North: General Preface and Life of Dr John North, edited by Peter Millard), is among the earliest in English, and his longest biography—that of Francis North—demonstrates not only his theoretical concerns but, in its innovative form, his ideas of combining chronological and thematic structure .’ US$371.…
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- THE LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS NORTH, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. Wherein are inserted the characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin, and others the most eminent lawyers and statesmen of that time. [4],333,[11]p. Port. frontis. engraved by Vertue. Pp.257-8 silked. [Bound with]. THE LIFE OF THE HONOURABLE SIR DUDLEY NORTH, Knt. Commissioner of the Customs, and afterwards of the Treasury to his Majesty King Charles the Second. And of the Honourable and Reverend Dr. John North, Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, and Greek Professor, Prebend of Westminster, and sometime Clerk of the Closet to the same King Charles the
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- (North). North, the Honourable Roger.
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- John Whitson. -4
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- 1742
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