Edward Hyde Clarendon

Ollard, Richard: Clarendon and His Friends, New York, New York, U.S.A. Atheneum 1987
ISBN: 0689117310 Near Fine

xv., 367pp., 24 b/w illus., sources, biblio. Minor wear, bumping to spine.'Biography of Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, noted historian and statesman in 17th century England.' [72] First Edition Near Fine Boards, 1/4 Cloth 8vo

[SW: HYDE EDWARD BIOGRAPHY HISTORY CIVIL WAR POLITICS 1ST EARL CLARENDON]

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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon: The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. .... Oxford: Printed at the Theater 1712

........With the Precedent Passages and Actions, that Contributed thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return upon the 29th May, in the Year 1660. Octavo. As issued, 3 volumes bound in six parts, each part with separate title page and frontispiece. New spines over original tooled calf. A lovely set. Edward Hyde, First Earl of Clarendon, began work on his history while he was in exile in Jersey, and it was first published in 1702. This work on the English Civil War remains one of the most important sources for our understanding of the events that changed the course of British history. Clarendon held the offices of Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He began his great work after the Restoration of Charles II at the behest of the King himself. Clarendon remained in the mind because of his literary achievement "the fashioning of the most sophisticated and finely balanced history yet written in English (or written for a long time afterwards)" and for an unmistakable rhetorical voice. Clarendon's writings, and his own life, were steeped in the literary stoicism of the early seventeenth century; but in the History he created a distinctive work of art based on a highly wrought style, a forensic dissection of character and issue, and a sense of the depth of individuals' moral responsibility for their actions." (Oxford DNB).

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Clarendon, Edward, Earl of: THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND. Also His Life Written by Himself, in which is included a Continuation of his History of the Grand Rebellion. A New Edition, from the Original Manuscript, with Copious Indexes.

Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1843. Later green cloth and new endpapers, marbled edges, pp. 1364 (double columns). Hinges a little strained, final page partially detached else v.g. In this elegant complete one-volume edition "... the original manuscript of the noble author in the Bodleian Library has been followed throughout, the suppressed passages have been restored, and the interpolations made by the first editor have been rejected. The public therefore are now in possession of the genuine text of this important work."

[SW: England English history Civil War Rebellion Edward Hyde First Earl of Clarendon biography]

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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1609-1674): The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England : together with an historical view of the affairs of Ireland / By Edward earl of Clarendon, now for the first time carefully printed from the original ms. preserved in the Bodleian - [7 VOLUMES] Oxford : University Press 1849
Finely bound all [Oldfield] in full contemporary calf over bevelled boards.Raised bands with contrasting gilt-blocked labels. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Minor toning with insignificant rubbing to the extrems. Uncommonly good - scans &c. on request.

1st Definitive library edition. First published c1649. Includes index. Physical desc.: 7 v. ; 24 cm. SubjectS: Massacres - Ireland. Great Britain - History - Civil War, 1642-1649. Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660. Other names: Warburton, William, 1698-1779. 1 pages

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