Description
The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II and King James II, John Whiston, London, 1742, 333pp, leather, 8.5 x 10.5”, 8vo Poor condition/as is. Significant wear and chipping to boards; red rot. Tips are significantly bumped with exposed boards. Edges are scuffed. Textblock is detached from boards. Front and rear boards are connected via thin overlay of leather, but actual spine of the book is still attached to binding/textblock. Endpapers detached from binding. Frontispiece opposite title page. Toning, age-staining, and tea-staining throughout textblock. Rear endpaper is detached from binding. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford (22 October 1637 - 5 September 1685) was the third son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, and his wife Anne Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles Montagu of Boughton House and Mary Whitmore. He was created Baron Guilford in 1683, after becoming Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in succession to Lord Nottingham. Additionally, Francis North sat as a judge at some of the Popish Plot trials, and wrote a book on musical theory entitled A Philosophical essay on musick (1677). FORN-TUB-0049-XX-2406-JC956
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