1670 2nd Edtn With Provenance STATE-WORTHIES. OR, THE STATES-MEN AND FAVOURITES OF ENGLAND By David Lloyd Illus. Wenceslaus Hollar Very Good History

1670 2nd Edition , With Provenance

STATE-WORTHIES. OR, THE STATES-MEN AND FAVOURITES OF ENGLAND
By David Lloyd

Author Bio: David Lloyd (1635–1692) was a Welsh clergyman, scholar, and biographer educated at Oxford. A Royalist sympathiser and moralist historian, he compiled vivid character studies of England’s leading statesmen in the turbulent Tudor and Stuart eras. His State-Worthies (first 1665; enlarged 1670) remains his most enduring work, blending political history with Restoration ideals of loyalty and virtue.

Illustrated By: Wenceslaus Hollar
Illustrator Bio: Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), or after Hollar, engraved frontispiece depicting the six Tudor and Stuart monarchs.

Provenance: Provenance: William Leigh, Esq. (1691–1757) of Adlestrop — ownership inscription on flyleaf; Theophilus Leigh (1693–1785), Master of Balliol College, Oxford — ink signature on front blank; James Leigh, Esq. (1724–1774) of Adlestrop — engraved armorial bookplate on pastedown. A continuous Leigh family copy from the Adlestrop–Stoneleigh library, collateral to the Stoneleigh Abbey line and closely related to Jane Austen through Cassandra Leigh.

Synopsis: A substantial Restoration-era biographical gallery of English statesmen and courtiers from the Reformation through to Charles I, chronicling their policies, prudence, and political fortunes. Combining moral reflection with vivid character sketches, Lloyd’s State-Worthies exemplifies the Restoration appetite for history as moral example — a bridge between Tudor chronicle and Enlightenment biography.

Binding: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: [A]², a⁴, b², B–6D⁴ (i.e., [18], 1051, [1]) pp. Total pagination: 1,051 pages of text + [18] preliminary leaves (title, dedication, preface, and “Table”) + [2] advertisement leaves at the end.
Language: English

Published By: Thomas Milbourn for Samuel Speed, London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - Small folio (approx. 195 × 145 mm). Title printed in red and black. Frontispiece: finely engraved plate after Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), depicting six oval portrait medallions of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, arranged round an architectural cartouche with the royal arms above — a sharp, clean impression. Pagination: [18], 1051 pp., [2 ads], includes three inserted advertisement leaves after p. 226, a bookseller’s catalogue for Samuel Speed. Contemporary panelled calf, raised bands, gilt double-fillet borders; corners lightly bumped, some gentle rubbing to spine ends, but sound and unrestored. Title and text crisp, some faint age-toning and occasional foxing; a handsome, unsophisticated example. Wing L2646. ESTC R21786..

Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
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