Thomas Fuller. The Historie of the Holy Warre.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $600

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

R. Daniel for Thomas Buck

Place

Cambridge

Publication

1640

Description

Second edition. Additional engraved title depicting Saladin in cameo at top right and opposite, an unidentified Christian knight (Richard the Lion-Hearted?), while the scene below depicts the battlefield (Horns of Hattin?) where the Crusaders triumph over the Saracens. WITH FOLDOUT MAP OF HOLY LAND divided into Twelve Tribes of Israel.

pp. (18), (2), 286, (28). Contemporary mottled calf with some wear. Folio

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