1684 Worthies of England Thomas Fuller English History of Britain George Sandys

1684 Worthies of England Thomas Fuller English History of Britain George Sandys

 

Thomas Fuller was a 17^th-century English historian who particularly notable for his historical accounts of English worthies and the Church of England. In 1662, Fuller’s “Worthies of England” was published, a book which would become one of the most iconic books of English history even into the 19^th-century. This book discusses the physical boundaries of English towns and counties, notable figures and martyrs, antiquities, buildings, cathedrals, and general observations.

 

This early 1684 edition was abridged from Fuller by George Sandys.

 

Item number: #24325

Price: $750

 

FULLER, Thomas

 

Anglorum speculum, or The vvorthies of England, in church and state : Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained

 

London: printed for Thomas Passinger, 1684.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [8], 974 (i.e., 688), [20]
  • Pagination errors as expected
    • Matches pagination in Index
  • References: Wing S 672; ESTC R37357
  • Provenance: Handwritten
    • Rich^d. Bosanquet
      • Richard Bosanquet (1735-1809) was a director for the East India Company and an agent for Thomas Walpole MP. His financial speculating and investments had ties to the slave trade, and the squandering his fortune on a rakish lifestyle may have led to his estrangement from his family.
    • David Bosanquet Jun^r., 1727
      • David Bosanquet (1699-1741) was a Huguenot merchant and trader, and a member of the successful Bosanquet banking family. He was also a noted antiquary and collector. His son, Richard Bosanquet, was a director for the East India Company and an agent for Thomas Walpole MP. Both were related to Samuel Bosanquet (1744–1806), a Director of the Bank of England; and Samuel Richard Bosanquet (1800–1882) an English barrister, known as a writer on legal, social and theological topics.
    • Language: English
    • Binding: Leather, tight and secure
    • Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18.5cm x 12.5cm)

 

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