The history of the life and times of Cardinal Wolsey, prime minster to King Henry Viii. I. Of his Birth, and the various Steps he took to attain Preferment, connected with Affairs, both Foreign and Domestick, from the Death of Edward IV. to the End of the Reign of Henry Vii. II. Of his Conduct and Management while Prime Minister, (commencing with the Reign of Henry Viii.) and continued by way of Annals to his Disgrace and Death, including the general Transactions of Europe. III. Memoirs of the Emperor Charles V. Henry Viii. and Francis I. from the Demise of the Cardinal to their respective Deaths. IV. The secret History of the Cardinal, by George Cavendish, Esq; his Gentleman Usher, written in the Reign of Philip and Mary. In which are interspersed The Lives and memorable Actions of the most eminent Persons: And the whole illustrated with Political and Moral Reflections. Collected from antient Records, Manuscripts, and Historians. Vol. I. Adorn'd with Cuts, and a compleat Index.

People / Organizations

• J. Purser ("printed by")
• Joseph Grove (Author)
• John Huggonson ("sold by")

Imprint

London: printed by J. Purser, for the author, and sold by J. Stagg, in Westminster-Hall; J. Brindley, in Bond-Street; R. Chandler and C. Ward, at Temple-Bar, York and Scarborough; L. Gilliver, and J. Whiston, in Fleet-Street; J. Huggonson, on Ludgate-Hill; T. Astley, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; R. Willock, J. Wood, J. Clarke, and W. Meadows, in Cornhill; and J. Walthoe, at Richmond in Surry. MDCCXLII. [1742]-44.

Publication year

1742-1744

ESTC No.

T100773

Grub Street ID

154685

Description

4v.,plates ; 8⁰

Note

Anonymous. By Joseph Grove, who dedicates many of the plates to illustrious personages.

The imprints of the three other volumes all vary.