1670 2nd Edition , With Provenance 

STATE-WORTHIES. OR, THE STATES-MEN AND FAVOURITES OF ENGLAND

By David Lloyd

David Lloyd (1635–1692) was a Welsh clergyman, scholar, and biographer educated at Oxford. A Royalist sympathiser and moralist historian, he compiled vivid character studies of England’s leading statesmen in the turbulent Tudor and Stuart eras. His State-Worthies (first 1665; enlarged 1670) remains his most enduring work, blending political history with Restoration ideals of loyalty and virtue.

Illustrated By: Wenceslaus Hollar

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677), or after Hollar, engraved frontispiece depicting the six Tudor and Stuart monarchs.

Format: Hardcover, octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 1076

Language: English

Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: Thomas Milbourn for Samuel Speed, London

Synopsis: A substantial Restoration-era biographical gallery of English statesmen and courtiers from the Reformation through to Charles I, chronicling their policies, prudence, and political fortunes. Combining moral reflection with vivid character sketches, Lloyd’s State-Worthies exemplifies the Restoration appetite for history as moral example — a bridge between Tudor chronicle and Enlightenment biography.

Provenance: William Leigh, Esq. (1691–1757) of Adlestrop — ownership inscription on flyleaf; Theophilus Leigh (1693–1785), Master of Balliol College, Oxford — ink signature on front blank; James Leigh, Esq. (1724–1774) of Adlestrop — engraved armorial bookplate on pastedown. A continuous Leigh family copy from the Adlestrop–Stoneleigh library, collateral to the Stoneleigh Abbey line and closely related to Jane Austen through Cassandra Leigh.

SKU: BTETM0002627

Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg