Lot nr: | 1134 |
Book nr: | 34417 |
Author: | PHILLIPS, Thomas |
Title: | The History of the Life of Reginald Pole, the second edition |
Town: | London |
Publisher: | sold by T. Payne |
Year: | 1767 |
Description: | 2 vol. in-8vo, xxxii + 495 ; xii + 340 pp, engraved folding frontispiece (portrait of Cardinal Pole). With a folding genealogical table. Library stamps on title page (Utrecht, Eindhoven). Contemporary marbled calf bindings, rubbed, red edges |
Note: | The first edition was issued in 1764. Reginald Pole was the Catholic archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter-Reformation. He is known for his strong condemnation of Machiavelli's book The Prince |
Price: | €80 - €120 |
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