Queen Elizabeth and Her Times, a Series of Original Letters, Selected from the Inedited Private Correspondence of the Lord Treasurer Burghley, the Earl of Leicester, the Secretaries Walsingham and Smith, Sir Christopher Hatton, and Most of the Distinguished Persons of the Period. in Two Volumes
by Wright, Thomas (editor)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. g. Two octavo volumes. xlvii, 512 + xix, 527 pp. Original decorative brown boars with raised bands and gold lettering on spine. Vol. 1 illustrated with b/w steel engraved portrait of William Cecil, Lord Burghley protected by original tissue guard. Vol. 2 illustrated with a fold out, "Fac Simile of Pedigree, with Notes. &c. in the Hand Writing of Lord Burghley." Severe sunning to boards and spines. Stamp of Stanford Library on Frontis piece of vol. 1. Hinges of both volumes starting. Books are in overall good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Title
- Queen Elizabeth and Her Times, a Series of Original Letters, Selected from the Inedited Private Correspondence of the Lord Treasurer Burghley, the Earl of Leicester, the Secretaries Walsingham and Smith, Sir Christopher Hatton, and Most of the Distinguished Persons of the Period. in Two Volumes
- Author
- Wright, Thomas (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- England, English, Britain, British, united kingdom, king, queen, henry
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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