Language: English
Published by Merridew and Son; John Merridew; and W and T Radclyffe., Chiswick: Coventry; Warwick; Birmingham., 1821
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. WESTALL W. MARTIN J. BARBER JV. GREEN W. RYDER W. (illustrator). Limited Edition. In red embossed cloth, gilt image. Re-laid spine, titles and tooling in gilt. Internally, yellow endpapers, hinges strengthened, half title, faint Kenilworth signature to verso, portrait frontis, title page with vignette, [8], [1], 2-108 pp, 18 pls (includes 2 portraits), 4 printers devices, printed by Whittingham, College House, Chiswick, occasional light foxing, mainly to verso of pls, with an interesting list of subscribers for both the large and small papers editions. (Lowndes 2229. Avery p558. Allibone 2057) Includes Masques: Performed before Queen Elizabeth. Contains: History of Kenilworth manor, priory, and castle [extracted from Sir W. Dugale's The antiquities of Warwickshire. 1730]--Summary of royal visits to Kenilworth.--History of Kenilworth church.--Survey of Kenilworth castle in 1821.--Appendix: Biographical notice of R. Laneham. Laneham's letter. Biographical memoir of G. Gascoigne. Gascoigne's Princelye pleasures at Kenelworth castle. Masques performed before Queen Elizabeth.