Rutt, John Towill (Editor): ''Diary of Thomas Burton, Esq., Member in the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell from 1656 to 1659 : now first published from the Original Autograph Manuscript....''. , Henry Colburn (London) 1828.4 volumes. cxcii + 423pp; 543pp; viii + 596pp; 549pp. Vols 1-3 each with frontispiece, as called for. Half calf on marbled boards. Covers rather scuffed. Last leaf of vol 3 torn without loss. Otherwise VG. [The diarist Thomas Burton was MP for Westmoreland at the time of the Civil War. The volumes contain much significant detail relating to Scotland. The present work is the first published from the original autograph manuscript. It has an introduction containing an Account of the Parliament of 1654, from the journal of Guibon Goddard Esq. MP. The work was edited, with Notes Historical and Biographical by John Towill Rutt]. (Book ref. 4291) £85.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Grampian Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||