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Stipple engraving, from Lodge's Portraits, a little spotting in surround,

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London: Camden Society. Very Good. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Perforated library stamp on title page, head of spine broken, ink date on spine, internally about VG. ; Camden Society; Vol. 27; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Publisher's cloth, l, 496p., index. **With the binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds, London. .

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[Middle Hill]: [Middle Hill Press] Book. Very Good. Unbound. Single sheet printed on one side measuring 25 x 10.5 cm, a little unevenly trimmed. Holzenberg 139. Transcript of a letter from the Earl of Leicester to Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury 12th October 1573; written from Kenilworth in Warwickshire. 183-.

Richmond Hill, 2 September 1802. 3 pp. 9 x 7 inches, in good condition. George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend, (1753 –1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as the Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807, politician. He held office under William Pitt the Younger and Henry Addington as Master of the Mint from 1790 to 1794, as Joint Postmaster General from 1794 to 1799 and as Lord Steward of the Household from 1799 to 1802.

UK, 1890. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed by Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester to Captain Godfrey Faussett. Dated C1890. A general letter discussing a previous meeting and a invitation to visit Holkham Hall. Thomas William Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester 1822- 1909, known as Viscount Coke from 1837 to 1842, was a British peer. Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett 1863-1945 was a British naval officer and courtier. He was a friend of King George V, and served as aide-de-camp to the King. Size is 178 x 110mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17703

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dropmore Press 1954. Ex-library, lg quarto, red & cream half bound leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, blnd stamp religious motif to front board, deckled page edges, vii + 191pp, plates, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining/soiling to spine & boards, light staining to page egdes, usual library markings)

London: Printed for Woodman and Lyon, in Russell-Street Covent-Garden, and C. Davis in Hatton-Garden, 1727. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. by G. Vertue. Title page printed in red and black. [2], v-xvi, 277 [i.e.289], [79]pp. [Lacking half-title?]. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, uncut. Front and rear pastedowns missing, otherwise a beautiful copy. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. by G. Vertue. Title page printed in red and black. [2], v-xvi, 277 [i.e.289], [79]pp. [Lacking half-title?]. 1 vols. 8vo. ESTCT 76839

[S.l. : s.n.] 1641, 1641. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Provenance; bookplate of Kennet of the Dene. Referenced by: Wing L968. Finely bound in near-contemporary full aniline calf. Gilt borders with inner gilt dentelles. Raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled; very impressively finished. Hinges starting. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. First published in 1584, with title: The copie of a letter, vvryten by a master of arte at Cambridge, to his friend in London and was populary known as ""Father Parson's green-coat.""Does not fully correspond with the first issue described in the Grolier club Catalogue of English writers, or with the two issues described in Burgoyne's edition of 1904 (p. xiv-xv). ""Leicester's commonwealth"" was republished in 1641 and was versified as ""Leicester's ghost"" about the same time.Imperfect: contemporary frontispiece portrait of Dudley (not called for?) tipped in. Later manuscript notes on imprint history also… Read More

[8]; [17], [1 blank] pp.Rare first and only editions of two official publications for the government of the Netherlands, represented in the years 1585 to 1587 by the English governor-general of the Dutch United Provinces, Robert Dudley (1533-1588), Earl of Leicester, the Netherland's last foreign head of state before it established true self-rule as a Republic in 1587. The second, with a 15-page list of taxes on hundreds of goods, is especially rare, with only 2 other copies located.Ad 1: A proclamation of 30 April 1586, announcing the introduction of taxes authorized by the Dutch States General to provide funds to equip warships for the protection of the United Provinces, namely to convoy incoming and outgoing merchant ships. Ad 2: An ordinance issued on 1 July 1586, consolidating the various lists of taxes on the import and export of goods, and raising them above their 1581 levels. With a 15-page list of about 430 goods covered, giving the import and export tax for each.With a couple early… Read More

Paris : E. Leroux , 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in half contemporary gilt-blocked aniline-calf over cloth boards. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 p. l., 108 p. : LX pl. ; 47 x 33 cm. Notes; In portfolio. Subjects; Leicester, Earls of � Art collections. Illuminiation of books and manuscripts � Specimens. Manuscripts � England � Wells. Bookbinding � Facsimiles. Genre; Illustrated.