The life of Cardinal Wolsey : with several copper plates /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fiddes, Richard, 1671-1725
Corporate Author: Leonard William Longstaff Saint Thomas More Collection
Other Authors: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Burghers, M., Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: London : Printed for John Barber, upon Lambeth-Hill, 1724.
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Item Description:Title-page printed within double-rule border.
Signatures: [superscript pi][A]² [superscript pi]B-G² h-p², B-6T² 6U²(-6U2), ²A-3T².
Engravings: frontispiece, [6] illustrated plates, text illustration on page xiv. Frontispiece portrait of Fiddes engraved by Geo. Vertue; other plates engraved by various artists, including Vertue, M. Burghers, Goldar, and P. Fourdrinier.
Wood engravings: title-page vignette; heraldic vignette on title-page verso, tail-pieces.
Catchwords on every page.
Errata and list of plates: verso of p. lv.
"Collections" of documents, letters, etc., in Latin and English, including "An essay towards a vindication of Cardinal Wolsey from certain popular imputations": 260 p. at end.
Printing errors: p. 244 (sig. 3Q2b) wrongly numbered 242; printing of text broken, skewed on portion of running title and first 2 lines of text on p. 286 (sig. 4D1b); p. 30-31 (sigs. ²H1b-²H2a) wrongly numbered 32, 29.
List of subscribers: p. xlv-lv.
LMU copy imperfect: [1] plate, engraving of Bishop Tonstall, wanting.
Physical Description:[4], lv, [1], 534, 260 p., [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., ports. ; 43 cm.