Search Results: the historie of the holy warre by thomas fuller

Cambridge: Pr. by R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, Cambridge, 1640. . 19 x 28 cm. Pages 145-286 + Appendices [28]pp. STC 11464 ; Lowndes II, 847; OCLC Number: 54565583Fair with losses, tears, toning, pages loosened, splitting along spine, no covers.

Cambridge, Thomas Buck, 1639. First edition. Hardcover. Lacks the map. Old leather. Front hinge starting; front cover somewhat distressed, but firm. Bottom quarter of front free endpaper lacking. Notes on front free endpaper and following blank. No writing observed in text. Pages cockled, with faint marginal stains. . 286p. plus 28p. Folio.

William Pickering,, 1840. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with half-title and title in red and black, small neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf, sides with multiple frame borders in gilt and blind stopped at corners by rosettes, back elaborately tooled in gilt, old label missing (but all lettering entirely legible in blind), marbled edges, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy of this most attractive edition. A CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST MODERN ACCOUNT OF THE CRUSADES IN ENGLISH. Based on the third edition of 1647 and printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, this is a beautiful edition from Pickering at the height of his powers. Morison: Four Centuries of Fine Printing, 297; NCBEL I, p.2233.

Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1639. Hardcover. Folio, [18], 286, [30] pages. In Fair condition. Bound in later Cambridge style calf with a plain paneled spine. Moderate rubbing and wear to boards, being more severe along extremities. Severe water-damage and waviness to text block throughout. Engraved title page with small closed tear to fore edge. Title page with two holes to center, one to publisher's information, and one along lower edge, all inexpertly repaired. Scattered ink and pencil marginalia throughout. Possible mold spots to first few leaves. NOTE: Shelved in Room G. This volume includes an additional engraved title page (plate), with "sold by Iohn Williams at ye Crane in St. P. Church-yard" in imprint. The first leaf bears "A declaration of the frontispice" signed: J.C., i.e. John Cleveland. The engraved title page is signed by William Marshall. Leaf 2N6 is blank. The last 14 leaves contain a chronological table and an index. Imprimatur at foot of leaf 2Q6v: Mart. 13. 1638. Imprimatur… Read More

1640 History of Holy War CRUSADES Jerusalem ISLAM Ottoman Turks Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller was a 17th-century English historian who particularly notable for his historical accounts of English worthies and the Church of England. In 1639, Fuller wrote 'History of the Holy War' – a popular book on the Crusades, taken from several notable and accurate accounts. It is curious though, Fuller wrote this work with an incredible amount of wit and humor, so much so that he included stories unrelated to the Crusades just to fill pages! According to Tyerman,
"Thomas Fuller's 'History of the Holy Warre is one of the more interesting histories of the crusades written by an Englishman."
While several works concerning the Crusades were written and published over the 17th- and 18th-centuries, Thomas Fuller's was the first Anglican view of the Crusades and the first in English following the Reformation. Modern Crusades scholars such as Christopher Howse describe Fuller's account as a mocking of the Crusades and the… Read More

Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, 1639. Hardcover. Folio, [16], 286, [30] pages, [2] leaves of plate (1 folded): with map (modern reproduction of original). Bound in full brown leather with modern rebacking. Spine tanned. Some chipping and wear to boards. Significant archival repairs to leaves [fleuron]1-3, B2-3. Title page and engraved title page have open tears and missing portions of pages have been supplemented with modern reproductions. Some chipping and wear to edges of textblock. Textblock somewhat age-toned and foxed, with a few small scattered stains. The map included after p. 38 is not the original, which is lacking, but a modern reproduction. Closed tear to lower edge of p. 267 (text slightly impact but legibility unimpacted). Armorial bookplate of the Drummond family, with the motto "Gang warily" on the inside of the front board. With ownership inscription reading "E Libris J Hunt" on verso of engraved title page. Pencil annotations. JR Consignment. Oversized item(s). Will require… Read More

Cambridge : Printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by John Williams at the signe of the crown in Pauls Church-Yard, 1647-01-01. Third. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2 volumes, bound in one (printed 1647 - 1648). Folio. Early leather boards, rebacked with renewed leather spine. Some wear to cover extremities, but a solid binding and cover. Marbled end sheets. Scattered spotting, (generally light) staining. Collation: [16], 286, [28] p. The second work (which is a 2nd ed.): [8], 189, 200-394, 435-510 p. Both titles have additional illustrated title pages engraved by William Marshall. Numerous portraits in the second work and printers' devices throughout. The first title lacks the map. Refs: Wing F2438 & F2444. ESTC R226090 & R6571. <br> The first work is Fuller's early modern history of the Crusades. In it he discusses the causes, ramifications, and potential justification of the Holy War. Fuller was critical of the Papal motives and results of endeavor. The second… Read More

Cambridge: Thomas Buck. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1639. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes the scarce map of Palestine. Rebound in "full brown Oasis Goatskin" by Colophon bindery in Seattle in 1978. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 286+28 pages .

Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, 1651-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. xiv, 286, 28p., map, frontis, tables; xiii, 441p., ill. 4th edition of the Historie bound with 3rd edition of the Holy State, 1648. Rebound in modern white leather with red leather cross to front board. Gilt spine. 4 raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Fine binding and cover. Frontis trimmed and relaid to later paper. Foldout map has loss to upper corner this section relaid on later paper. Pages tanned with some toning. Wing F2439, F2446

Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel, and are to be sold by John Williams at the signe of the Crown in Pauls Church-yard [through 1648], 1647. Full Calf. Fine. Small Folio: [16], 286, [28, chronological table and index]pp, with additional engraved title page depicting the crusades and folding map of Palestine; [8],189 [124 mis-numbered 104], 200-394,435-510 (pagination is irregular, per ESTC Citation No. R6571, but text is continuous), with additional engraved title-page and 20 engraved portraits. The Profane State has separate title page, dated 1642. Contemporary full calf boards paneled in gilt, spine rebacked in period style with red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled edges and end papers. A Fine copy, tightly bound, pages fresh and bright, with excellent impressions of the plates; minor marginal staining to first few leaves, repairs to explanatory leaf opposite first frontispiece. Pforzheimer 390 and 92 (for first editions). Lowndes 847 (citing this edition of The Holy State as "best"). Wither… Read More

E-251. Good. Leather. Leather. 4to. Thomas Buck, Cambridge, UK. 1639. 286 pgs. Frontispiece. No map. Lacking the declaration of the frontispiece. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in 3/4 leather and brown cloth with titles present to the spine and front board (possibly a later 19th century rebind). Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards have scuffing and wear present). No ownership marks present. Frontispiece is chipped and worn, last page is chipped and worn. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The most precise timetable of Crusades through the history from the beginning of Christendom to the end of the Templars. An extremely popular anti-Catholic (and anti-Jewish as well) account of the crusades, citing the cruel and impious behavior of popes and participants alike as a reason for the failure of the conquest of the Holy Land. Fuller, chaplain extraordinary to Charles II, was one of the earliest English historians thus to analyze the crusades as a… Read More