Apr 21, 2009 - Sale 2176

Sale 2176 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MELVILLE, JAMES, Sir. The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State . . . under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. [16], 204, [28] pages. Folio, modern 1/4 morocco; owner's annotations in inner and lower margins of title, minor worming in lower inner corner of opening leaves. Bookplate of William Hener of Clapham dated 1699 on title verso. London: E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683

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first edition, published posthumously, "among the most important sources for British history in the second half of the sixteenth century" (ODNB). Wing M1654.