The history of the reign of King Charles the Second

The history of the reign of King Charles the Second

Full title: The history of the reign of King Charles the Second : from the Restoration to the end of the year 1667 / written by Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High-Chancellor of England. [greek text]

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1609-1674

London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Paternoster Row

[1757?]

2 volumes ; 26 cm. 4to

Edited by John Shebbeare. Because of Shebbeare's introduction, the book was suppressed by an injunction in chancery at the instance of the Duchess of Queensbury, and "the whole impression, except a very few copies, was destroyed." (BL)

Armorial bookplate with motto "A fenwyke! A fenwyke."
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.

Shebbeare, John, 1709-1788, editor.
Cooper, Mary, -1761, bookseller.

English

D447.C6 1757
ESTC T53979