Description: The Life of Cardinal Wolsey. With Several Copper Plates. By Richard Fiddes, D.D. The Second Edition, Corrected by the Author. London: Printed for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, W. & J. Innes, R. Robinson, J. Osborn, and T. Longman, 1726, full-leather Cambridge binding, 506 pp, 208 pp, missing two plates, 14 x 9", 4to. In fair condition. Front board completely detached from binding, but included. Front board is missing two large sections of leather in the middle of the board. Edges and corners are worn to the boards. Red-rotting present. Head and tail of spine lacking, binding exposed. Binding split in the middle. Front end-page to frontispiece and title page detached from binding. Large water-dampness stain to the bottom edge which has bled into bottom of text-block. Foxing and toning present; some instances of finger soiling as well. Binding split at 280-1 pp, cording exposed. Plates between 122-3 pp and 288-9 pp missing - cut out of text-block. Six plates remain, including one fold-out. No known previous ownership or marginalia. Binding intact, but fragile. Please see photos. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (1473-1530) was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state. He also held important ecclesiastical appointments including the Archbishopric of York, and papal legate. The highest political position Wolsey attained was Lord Chancellor, the king's chief adviser. After failing to negotiate an annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Wolsey fell out of favor and was stripped of his government titles. He retreated to York to fulfill his ecclesiastical duties as archbishop. He was recalled to London to answer charges of treason, but died from natural causes on the way. FORN-MSB-0723-0693-HK330
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Binding: Cambridge
Language: English
Author: Richard Fiddes
Publisher: J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter, W. & J. Innys, R. Robinson
Topic: Biography
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
