The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward The Fourth on his Invasion of France in 1475. With an Introduction by John Gough Nichols F.S.A
by Nichols, J.G. ; Roxburghe Club ; [ Worcester, W. ]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate of R.C. Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor on front pastedown endpaper. Covers somewhat scuffed and rubbed, contents Very Go
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About This Item
Printed for the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1860. Brown morocco spine and Roxburghe boards, title printed in red and black, 4to, 29 cm,. [4], lx, 95, [1] pp. The scarce first printing of a polemical text written to urge recovery of the English possessions disastrously lost to France and the restoration of the English monarchy to its historic glory. The anonymous author is now known to have been William Worcester, (1415 -c. 1482) an English topographer, antiquary and chronicler and sometime secretary to Sir John Fastolf, whom the writer in several places mentions as 'myne autor'. The work was probably first written in the 1450s and updated and revised in the 1470s to encourage Edward IV to renew his claim to the French throne. The membership of the Roxburghe Club at the time of the book's publication stood at 38 (the members are listed in the book) and the print run would have barely exceeded this. At least 20 copies are in European libraries and the book is rarely seen in the market. Bookplate of R.C. Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor on front pastedown endpaper. Covers somewhat scuffed and rubbed, contents Very Good, a largely unopened copy.
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- Title
- The Boke of Noblesse: Addressed to King Edward The Fourth on his Invasion of France in 1475. With an Introduction by John Gough Nichols F.S.A
- Author
- Nichols, J.G. ; Roxburghe Club ; [ Worcester, W. ]
- Format/Binding
- Brown morocco spine and Roxburghe boards, title printed in red and black, 4to, 29 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate of R.C. Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor on front pastedown endpaper. Covers somewhat scuffed and rubbed, contents Very Go
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for the Roxburghe Club, London, first edition, 1860
- Date Published
- 1860
- Pages
- [4], lx, 95, [1] pp
- Keywords
- Roxburghe Club William Worcester, Boke of Noblesse, England, war, France, monarchy, Edward IV, war literature European HistoryMedieval and Renaissance History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roxburghe Club;
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