The Life and Reign of that Excellent Princess Queen Elizabeth, from her Birth to her Death: with the Whole Proceedings of the Divorce of King Henry VIII. from Queen Catherine; his Marriage with the Lady Alnne Bullen, and the Cause of her Unfortunate Death on the Scaffold: as also, the Trial, Sufferings, and Death of Mary Queen of Scots

Published by Printed, and sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, London, 1738

About this Item

Collation: [pi]2 B2-G2 I2 H2 K2-4P2 [-4P2]. Signature I (pages 33-36) misbound before H (pages 29-32). (i)-(iii) iv 5-28 33-36 29-32 37-313 pages + frontispiece + 1 plate. The frontispiece is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth, above a smaller illustration of the Spanish Armada. The other plate is between pages iv and 5, titled "The Defeat of the Spanish Armada". Rebound by amateur binder in full leather binding. Recent endpapers. Page dimensions: 208 x 162mm. Printing or paper handling errors causing a blank streak on page 24 and a blank patch on page 28. Uncommon. Worldcat has a copy of this title in which "The life of Mary Queen of Scotland" begins on page 315, followed by other sections. The present copy finishes on page 313 with a tailpiece, the verso of this leaf blank. Small 25mm tears to margins of a few leaves. Paper repair to corner of final leaf, without loss of text. Moderate foxing. No signatures or owner's marks.

Seller Inventory # 100188

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Reign of that Excellent Princess Queen Elizabeth, from her Birth to her Death: with the Whole Proceedings of the Divorce of King Henry VIII. from Queen Catherine; his Marriage with the Lady Alnne Bullen, and the Cause of her Unfortunate Death on the Scaffold: as also, the Trial, Sufferings, and Death of Mary Queen of Scots
• Publisher: Printed, and sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, London
• Publication Date: 1738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition