1624 EDWARD FAIRFAX. The Recoverie of Jerusalem Done Into Verse. Full Leather Folio Inklings An exceptional opportunity for an

An exceptional opportunity for an institution of exceptional private collector

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Presbyterian minister and the first President of Princeton College

Some light separations at joints

1624 EDWARD FAIRFAX. The Recoverie of Jerusalem Done Into Verse. Full Leather Folio Inklings An exceptional opportunity for anA very finely preserved copy of an important historical work. The copy owned by King Charles was auctioned by Christie's at over $100,000. 00. Edward Fairfax [1580 1635] was considered perhaps the most influential translator of the 17th century, and his work The Recoverie of Jerusalem, here offered, one of the few translations itself considered an original masterpiece of literature. Fairfax is also remembered for a rare early work on Demonology.