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GEORGE MONCK, 1ST DUKE OF ALBEMARLE (1608-70)

Observations upon military and political affairs.

1671

RCIN 1020275

Contemporary black goatskin, with the arms of Charles II blocked in gilt with the letters C R above in the centre of the upper and lower covers, gilt, double-fillet border, central panel of a triple-fillet border with roll-tool, with decorations in the corners of a closed flower tool and to the sides with volutes and dots; spine in seven panels, the second with red lettering piece and lettered and tooled in gilt, the remainder tooled in gilt; all edges gilt (lacking fore-edge ties), comb-marbled end-leaves.

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