Elizabeth I, Then and Now

Washington D.C. and Seattle: Folger Shakespeare Library; Distributed by the University of Washington Press, 2003. 190 pages, colour illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 34 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., March 21 to August 2, 2003. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: "Portrays Elizabeth I as affectionate stepdaughter and censorious cousin, as humanist prince, as powerful and often capricious patroness, and as a private person. This work explores Elizabeth's life, her books, her portraits, and the many documents in the Folger Library relating to her." - Publisher. Foreword, by Gail Kern Paster; Acknowledgments, by Georgianna Ziegler; Introduction to the Life and Reign of Elizabeth I, by Carole Levin; Queen Elizabeth's Books, by Heidi Brayman Hackel; Catalogue, by Georgianna Ziegler; Surveying Scholarly Treasures: Folger Manuscripts by and about Elizabeth I, by Janel Mueller; Chronological list of manuscripts at the Folger Library signed by Elizabeth I, by Heather Wolfe; Portraying Queens: the International Language of Court Portraiture in the Sixteenth Century, by Sheila Ffolliott; Re-inventing Elizabeth I: Memories, Counter-memories, Histories, by Barbara Hodgdon.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Folio.