The Holy State.
Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel for John Williams, and are to be sold at the signe of the Crown in S. Pauls Churchyards, 1642.
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
First edition. Engraved title-page and engraved plate of the Prince of Wales’ feathers on conjugate leaf (bound after [A4] in this copy], two portrait plates (Queen Joan of Naples and Joan of Arc), and 18 vignette portraits, all engraved by William Marshall. [-]2; A-P4; Q6; R-Zz4; Aaa-Bbb4; Ccc-Ggg4; Hhh6; Iii-Kkk4 (final blank Kkk4 present). The second section, “The Profane State,” has its own divisional title, with continuous pagination. 1 vols. Folio. Full blue morocco, gilt, a.e.g, by the Club Bindery. Engraved bookplate of Edwin B. Holden, American book collector and Grolier Club member (1861–1906). A few minor perforations throughout the text without noticeable loss; upper joint split, but in no danger of separation, otherwise a clean, choice copy. ESTC R21710; Wing (CD Rom) F2444; Wither to Prior 387; Pforzheimer 392.
Item #302503
The most popular and delightfully readable book by Fuller (1607-1661) who is widely admired as among the great English prose stylists of the the 17th century. The Holy State is a collection of short portraits of historical characters — both men and women — interspersed with chapters on professions and states of life human (e.g., “The Good Soldier,” “The Good Schoolmaster,” “The Hypocrite,” etc.) It was first reprinted in 1648, and innumerable times since.
