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The Court of Queen Elizabeth: Originally Written by Sir Robert Nauton, under the title "Fragmenta Regalia." With considerable Biographical Additions by James Caulfield
by NAUNTON, Robert (1563-1635), and CAULFIELD, James (1764-1826)
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About This Item
London: Printed and Sold by G. Smeeton, and J. Caulfield, 1814. [Elizabethan Biographies] NEW REVISED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] 127 [1]. With 18 of the 21 engraved portraits, including a frontispiece of Elizabeth I, but lacking Sir Francis Walsingham, Sir Francis Knowles, and Lord Brooke. Publisher's blue / grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untirmmed. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Fly-leaf cancelled. Light toning and a tobacco scent. Moderate wear to binding, with a repair to head of spine. Lacking three plates. Good. A short popular account of the reign of Elizabeth I, with biographies of her principal ministers, first published posthumously in 1641.
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- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Title
- The Court of Queen Elizabeth: Originally Written by Sir Robert Nauton, under the title "Fragmenta Regalia." With considerable Biographical Additions by James Caulfield
- Author
- NAUNTON, Robert (1563-1635), and CAULFIELD, James (1764-1826)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Printed and Sold by G. Smeeton, and J. Caulfield, 1814
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Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- G
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