[Rarebooks] FS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED Q. ELIZABETH, 1725, in Fine Binding
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Mon Aug 7 15:48:57 EDT 2023
ANONYMOUS. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOST RENOWNED Q. ELIZABETH AND THE
E. OF ESSEX, by a Person of Quality. London: J. Darby, 1725. Duodecimo
(3-1/4" x 5-1/2") in a lovely, unsigned binding of full dark green
morocco leather with gilt floral decorative devices with small white
morocco onlays, the spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and
decorations, gilt dentelles, scarlet silk endpapers and doublures, all
edges gilt; 119, [1] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece. A translation of
the anonymous French text LE COMTE D'ESSEX HISTOIRE ANGLOISE, printed in
Paris in 1678, and first published in English in 1680. This edition of a
sensational account of Elizabeth's love life seems to be just as scarce.
Margins shaved not affecting text. Trivial wear. About Fine.
(#019172) $1,500
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