[Rarebooks] FS: Naunton's work on the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Printed in 1642

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Naunton, Sir Robert. FRAGMENTA REGALIA, OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE QUEEN 
ELIZABETH, HER TIMES AND FAVOURITES. (London): No pub. Printed, Anno Dom. 1642. 
Third edition. Sm. 4to. 40pp. Disbound. Woodcut peacock device on title.     
$300.00 (trade discount allowed)
Naunton (1563-1635) was an English scholar, politician and diplomat. 
Appointed to the commission to examine Sir Walter Raleigh, he was popularly reported 
to have a large responsibility for Raleigh’s execution. This work, left 
unpublished at the time of his death, is a valuable account of the chief courtiers of 
Queen Elizabeth (though he endeavored, he tells us, to avoid all scandal 
rather than “trample upon the graves of person at rest”). Wing N251.

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