Gilbert Burnet. THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. IN TWO PARTS. 2vols. (complete); includes The First Part. Of The Progress made in it during the Reign of K. Henry the VIII (Second, corrected edition), The Second Part. Of The Progress made in it till the Settlement of it in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's Reign (First edition). London: Printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1681. Blind stamped mottled calf, morocco labels, gilt and raised bands on spine, all edges speckled. Folio; [20], 377, [1], 324, 329-368, [4]; [28], 227, [1], 233-421, [9], 368, 365-416, [4]pp. With engraved title pages and (16) portrait plates, title pages in red and black, printed marginalia. ESTC R19796, R226789.

Also includes The Third Part. Being Supplement to the Two Volumes formerly publish'd. London: Printed for J. Churchill, 1715. First edition. Folio; [4], xiv, xxii, 332, xii, 426, x. With (5) portrait plates. ESTC T112809.

13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. each

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Fair to good; boards scuffed and worn, corners bumped, labels chipped; joints cracked, boards loose but attached, losses at head and tail of spine with additional wear to vol. 3 spine; occasional residue or stain, cracking at hinges, pages with toning, occasional wormhole, writing, damp stains at margins, and small corner losses; scattered foxing, sticker on front flyleaves, occasional small hole or tear (vol. 1 with several small burn holes), vol. 3 with first free endpaper detached. Fragile yet complete, pages overall crisp and unmarked.