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Author	Camden, William (1551-1623)
Title	ANNALES RERUM ANGLICARUM ET HIBERNICARUM REGNANTE ELIZABETHA Autore Guil. Camdeno. Prima pars emendatior, altera nunc primum in lucem edita.
PlacePub	Leiden
Publisher	Officina Elzeviriana First Elzevir edition
Date	1625
Illustrations	Fine portrait of Queen Elizabeth + engraved titlepage in architectual surround with coat of arms and lion & dragon supporters.
Description	Octavo laced-through vellum with yapp fore-edge (top edge somewhat browned/traces of old ink library shelf marks to spine) All edges blued. Engraved titlepage + [12]pp To Reader + frontis portrait bound to face page I-XVI Apparatus + 855pp +[40]pp index. Divided into 4 parts making two volumes in One and through paginated, but indexed separately for each of the two volumes. Ownership C.F.Mu"ller to free front endpaper. A good wide-margined copy with printed side notes. The fine portrait of Elizabeth is present in strong good print by Crispin van Queboren dated 1625 (thus newly done for this edition). This is the first edition of the Continuation carrying the history from 1589 to 1603. The first part was issued in 1615, based largely on private papers of Lord Burghley. The work also contains many passages relating to America.
Booknumber	V74431
Price	Price: GBP 450.00 or USD 554.00
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