Item #20848 The life of Mrs. Godolphin… Now first published and edited by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the most noble Order of the Garter. JOHN EVELYN.
The life of Mrs. Godolphin… Now first published and edited by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the most noble Order of the Garter.

The life of Mrs. Godolphin… Now first published and edited by Samuel Lord Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the most noble Order of the Garter.

London: William Pickering, 1847. First edition, small 8vo, pp. xviii, 265-[266]; engraved frontispiece portrait, title-page with Pickering device, title-page and text throughout within ruled borders; a very good copy in 3/4 black morocco and marbled paper-covered boards by Riviere, elaborately gilt spine with raised bands, minor wear to extremities, offsetting of portrait to title-page through guard. Evelyn's eulogistic memoir of his dear friend and prayer partner, Margaret Godolphin (neé Blagge), printed from the manuscript retained by Evelyn's family after his death. Keynes, p. 65. Item #20848

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