Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Donzella Desterrada. Or
Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Donzella Desterrada. Or, The Banish'd Virgin, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, title within fine woodcut border, lacking final blank leaf 2G4, O4 and P1 with small hole causing slight loss of text, outer edge of P4 torn away with loss to ruled border but not text, occasional soiling, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints/spine worn at head and foot, [STC 3074], folio, Printed...by T. Cotes, for Humphrey Mosley, 1635.
⁂ Provenance: Grace Strode (ink inscription to title). Grace Strode, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Strode and Grace FitzJames, married Henry Thynne (1675-1708), the heir to Longleat House, and brought him a fortune of £20,000 on 29 April 1695.
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Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Donzella Desterrada. Or, The Banish'd Virgin, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, title within fine woodcut border, lacking final blank leaf 2G4, O4 and P1 with small hole causing slight loss of text, outer edge of P4 torn away with loss to ruled border but not text, occasional soiling, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints/spine worn at head and foot, [STC 3074], folio, Printed...by T. Cotes, for Humphrey Mosley, 1635.
⁂ Provenance: Grace Strode (ink inscription to title). Grace Strode, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Strode and Grace FitzJames, married Henry Thynne (1675-1708), the heir to Longleat House, and brought him a fortune of £20,000 on 29 April 1695.
