Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 345
GODWIN, William. The History of the Commonwealth of England...
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GODWIN, William. The History of the Commonwealth of England from its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second. London: Henry Colburn, 1824?28. 4 volumes, 8vo. Half?titles. Contemporary half niger over marbled boards, raised bands gilt, red and green morocco lettering?pieces gilt, compartments completely tooled in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers (extremities gently rubbed). Provenance: Loftus Leigh Pemberton (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, of this seminal work regarding the English Revolution and Civil War and the complicated ambiguities of the shift from Enlightenment to Romantic historiography. His thoroughness and accuracy made his book superior to its predecessors? (DNB).
