Accession number
PML 75447
Creator
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Published
London : Printed by B. Fisher and are to be sold at the Talbott in Pater Noster Rowe, 1625.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones.
Notes
Contains books 1-3 of the "Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha", translated by Abraham Darcie from the French version by Paul de Bellegent, of the original Latin.
The translation of "The French epistle dedicatory" is signed, P.D.B. "The epistle dedicatory" is signed, Abraham Darcie.
Engraved title page.
Books 2 and 3 have special title pages: The historie of the most high, mighty, and euer-glorious empresse, Elizabeth, inuincible queene of England, Ireland, &c. ... The second[-third] booke. Faithfully translated out of the French, and publisht in English, with the king's leaue and authority, granted ... to Abraham Darcie.
Pages 233-251 are missing in consecutive numbering.
Signatures: pi²a-b⁴chi⁴[par.]⁴[sec.]⁴*⁴A⁴(a)-(c)⁴(d)²(*)⁴B-3K⁴, ²B-2G⁴4A-4E⁴4F².
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
The translation of "The French epistle dedicatory" is signed, P.D.B. "The epistle dedicatory" is signed, Abraham Darcie.
Engraved title page.
Books 2 and 3 have special title pages: The historie of the most high, mighty, and euer-glorious empresse, Elizabeth, inuincible queene of England, Ireland, &c. ... The second[-third] booke. Faithfully translated out of the French, and publisht in English, with the king's leaue and authority, granted ... to Abraham Darcie.
Pages 233-251 are missing in consecutive numbering.
Signatures: pi²a-b⁴chi⁴[par.]⁴[sec.]⁴*⁴A⁴(a)-(c)⁴(d)²(*)⁴B-3K⁴, ²B-2G⁴4A-4E⁴4F².
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Description
[84], 435, [2], 232, 251-292, [2] pages : portrait ; 23 cm (4to)
Binding
Contemporary tan morocco stamped in gilt, edges gilded, marbled endpapers.
Classification
Catalog link
Department