THE HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN ENGLAND

DUDGALE, SIR WILLIAM. Monasticon Anglicanum, sive Pandectæ coenobiorum Benedictinorum Cluniacensium Cisterciensium Carthusianorum a primordiis ad eorum usque dissolutionem ex MSS. Codd. ad monasteria olim pertinentibus; archivis Turrium Londinensis, Eboracensis; Curiarum Scaccarii, Augmentationum; bibliothecis Bodleianâ; Coll. Reg. Coll. Bened. Arundellianâ, Cottonianâ, Seldenianâ, Hattonianâ aliisque digesti per Rogerum Dodsworth, Eborac. Gulielmum Dugdale, Warwic.

Three volumes in-folio, (34.5x 23.5 cm), modern full vellum binding, six raised bands spine with gilt title on red label.
Vol. I: Londini, Christopheri Wilkinson 1682. Half title page, full page engraved title, title (red and black), 24 preliminary pages, 1-1151.
Vol. II: Londini, Typis Aliciae Warren, anno Domini MDCLXI [1661]. Title page (red and black), 18 preliminary pages of prelims, 1-1057, 64 pages of Index..
Vol. III Savoy: Execudebat Tho. Newcomb, & Prostant Venales Ab. Roper, Joh. Martin, & Hen. Herringman. MDCLXXIII [1673].Title page (red and black), 4 pages prelims, 1-392, errata leaf, sub-title page, 3-218 (including indexes).

The first volume is a second edition, the second and third volumes are both first editions.

110 plates, including the folding map of the Isle of Thanet very often missing.

A milestone representing the history of the various orders in England, and an account of the individual monasteries.

A complete set, including the third volume, almost completely destroyed in a fire and scarce to be find in the first edition.

Provenance: Volumes I & II have the booksplates of Raymond Burton.

Binding: The leather to the spines, is rubbed, worn and creased, and the top and bottom edges are worn and chipped, with loss, more so to the top of volume II. The boards are a little marked and grubby in places.

Content: In volume I, the half title page is a bit grubby, and it, and the following engraved title page, have a small repaired tear to the fore edge. The prelims in volume one are a little surface grubby, and a few have a small nick/crease to the fore edges. Many of the plates have their page position number written in ink to the bottom corners. One plate has a small chip and tear. The folding map Thanet has been torn at some stage, and has been laid down, and trimmed to edges, with minor crease curl to the bottom inner corners. One plate has a chip to corner, and a text leaf has a chip to the corner margin. One of the leaves of the Index has a few small holes/tears affecting some lettering. Both the title pages of volumes II & III has ink underlining titles, and a few little numbers. Volume II has some pale margin staining to the margins of a small section. One leaf of text in Volume II has a chip to the bottom corner, not affecting text. Volume II has a few little edge nicks and tear, and one double page plate has a small hole and tear to the top inner fold edge. One double page plate looks to have been restuck at the inner edge. Volume III is cracking before the last two leaves, and hinge has a touch of movement. The outer page edges of all the volumes (as seen when closed) have a few little ink marks and spots. The contents of all the volumes have some light browning/page toning, and foxing, in varying degrees (a little heavier to a few small sections). A number of the double page plates are lightly wrinkled to the margins, see photos. There is some light grubbiness in places and some minor scattered corner creasing. There is some foxing and dustiness to some top margins in places throughout. Else the contents of all the volumes are in mostly, rather lovely condition for age.