Chronicle of the Kings of England - 1653 - Sir Richard Baker (History, 2nd Ed)

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Chronicle of the Kings of England - 1653 - Sir Richard Baker (History, 2nd Ed):
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Chronicle of the Kings of England - 1653 - Sir Richard Baker (History, 2nd Ed)
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CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS GOVERNMENT UNTO THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES; Containing all Passages of State and Church, with all other Observations Proper for a Chronicle. Faithfully Collected out of the Author\'s Ancient and Modern; and Digested unto a New Method.
Baker Sir Richard

Published in London; Printed for J F and E C and sold by G Bedell at the Middle Templegate in Fleet Street and by T Williams at the Signe of the Bible in Little Britain without Aldergate, 1653. Half bound in leather with banded spine, titled in gilt. Appears to have been professionally recased/rebound with the title, final index page and the odd corner repaired. Boards with some markings as seen. Block tight, title page and some page edges with some light damping, age toning to the leaves. This is the second edition, published 10 years after the first edition, and the first to be published after Baker\'s death in 1645. Possibly lacking a frontis, but pages collate otherwise complete. There are a few penned marginal notes, names, etc, mostly to the blanks, as shown. Rare title, with this being possibly the earliest edition being offered currently online. First published in 1643, it was described by the author as "being collected with so great care and diligence, that if all other of our chronicles were lost, this only, would be sufficient to inform posterity of all passages memorable, or worthy to be known." Unfortunately, contemporary critics did not share Baker\'s view of his work, finding it not completely reliable. However, despite its errors, the Chronicle remained a popular work, reaching a ninth edition by 1696. Heavy at over 2.5kg when packed. RARE

"The Chronicle was reprinted posthumously with some revisions in 1653, and a third edition was published in 1660 with a continuation to the end of 1658 by Edward Phillips, John Milton\'s nephew. Five more editions, with extended continuations, appeared from 1665 to 1684, when an abridgement was also published. Both the Chronicle and its critics have to be seen in a historical context. Baker intended his narrative to be readable, and so it proved. It was vigorous enough to survive successive extensions, and for three-quarters of a century it was effectively unrivalled on its own ground." (DNB)

Sir Richard Baker (c.1568 – 18 February 1645) was a politician, historian and religious writer. He was the English author of the Chronicle of the Kings of England and other works.

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