Laneham's Letter Describing the Magnificent Pageants Presented before Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle in 1575

Rober Laneham [Langham]

Verlag: J. H. Burn, London, 1821

Beschreibung

An 1821 printing of a 1575 letter describing Robert Dudley's means of entertaining Queen Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle. Illustrated with a frontispiece.The letter was written in August 1575, and reissued in Warwick in 1784. This 1821 printing was produced due to renewed interest following Sir Walter Scott's references to the letter in the 1821 novel 'Kenilworth'.With an advertisement to the rear.With the armorial bookplate of British army officer Lancelot Holland to the front pastedown. In the original paper covered boards. Significant losses of paper to back strip. Fading to board perimeters. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 898F7

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Laneham's Letter Describing the Magnificent ...

Verlag: J. H. Burn, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1821

Einband: Hardback

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good Only

Art des Buches: book