Two Parts in One - with same author's VITAE DUORUM OFFARUM MERCIORUM REGUM dated 1639. Folio in 6's near contemporary calf 5 raised bands spine compartments gilt, gilt spine label (tips worn/front cover held by end papers & leather split) pastedown has part of contemporary legal document on underside. Privilege license dated 1638 +half title with portrait of the monk on back +Titlepage in red & black +Dedication leaf dated 1640 +[42]pp prelims +1009pp +blank +[2]pp errata) +[108]pp of variants, "Adversaria" & indices +2nd Titlepage Duorum Offarum +[12]pp prelims +310pp inc. ADDITAMENTA titlepage within through pagination +[12]pp indices +errata leaf. The Vitae Duorum Offarum has special Titlepage and separate paging, with imprint: Londini, Excudebat M. Flesher, Prostant apud Cornelium Bee & Laurentium Sadler, 1639 (authorship of this work is uncertain - only part if any is by Paris). The Additamenta also has special Titlepage with imprint: Londini, Excusum Typis Mil. Flesher, 1639 but continues the pagination. The continuation of the Historia Major from p 989-1009 is ascribed to Rishanger and covers the period from 1259 to 1273. A very few small tears without loss of text. *England's foremost mediaeval historian, Paris used many primary sources and included eye witness testimony. See WING 358 which lists this first edition as 1641, but both this and the British Library copy are dated 1640.