Burnet, Gilbert.

Lives, Characters, and a Sermon preached at the Funeral of the Hon. Robert Boyle.

A New Edition, with Large Additions. Dublin, Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for W. Watson, 1804. 17 x 10 cm. ix, (14), 327 pages. Fine contemporary calf with gilt decorations and dentelles. Marbled end papers. Black spine label with gilt title. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. First blank coming loose. Neat ink inscription on blank, dated ‘Oct. 69’. Faint inscription on top of title page. Internally clean. A nice copy. See images.

Bishop [Gilbert] Burnet.

Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht. In the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State, from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. Together with the Author’s Life, by the Editor: and some Explanatory Notes. The Whole Revised and Corrected by Him. In Four Volumes.

Four Volumes – Complete. London, Printed for J. Nunn et al, 1818. 21 x 13.5 cm. Vol.1: lxiv, 451 pages / Vol.2: (6), 407 pages / Vol.3: 96), 385 pages / Vol.4: (6), 436 pages. Uniform brown calf. Elaborate gilt decorations. Red spine labels with gilt titles. Black spine labels with volume numbers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Burnet, Gilbert.

The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. The First Part: Of the Progress made in it during the Reign of King Henry the VIII. / The Second Part: Of the Progress made in it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth’s Reign / The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish’d. By the Right Reverend Father of God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum.

‘The Third Edition, Corrected’. Dublin, Printed by Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Smith and W. Bruce, 1730, 1731 & 1733. Large Folios. Vol 1: (16) [Subscribers, Dedication, Preface], 282 pages, (4) / Vol.2: xv, 320 pages (4) / Vol.3: xvi, 328 pages, viii. With a Frontispiece in each volume and numerous other engravings. Contemporary tree calf boards. Old reback with matching spines. Spine labels and gilt decorations. See images. Very good condition. Sound bindings. Edges dust dulled. Tiny short bookworm tracks to end papers in volume 1. Internally very clean. A lovely set.