Author: Camden, William.
Title: ANNALES RERUM ANGLICARUM ET HIBERNICARUM REGNANTE ELIZABETHA, Ad annum salutis M. D. LXXXIX. Guilielmo Camdeno authore.
Description: Typis Guilielmi Stansbij, impensis Simonis Watersoni, ad insigne Coronæ in coemeterio Paulino , 1615. 1st Edition. Sm. folio. [10], 499, [20] p. Lacking one of the front blanks and final errata leaf (as usual). Historiated/decorative initial letters head and tail pieces. Latin text. Sm. wormhole throughout, and running title to pp. 420 onwards wormed, light dampstaining, some browning, apparently 3B4 and 3C1 are cancels. K4 and 2N3 with brown staining, ex.-libris Walter Flinn, occasional early marginal annotations, contemporary tree calf, some restoration work to bumped corners, skilfully rebacked with much of intricate gilt tooled spine laid down with gilt lettered title label. ¶ Part One only, Part two was published in 1625, see note below: STC (2nd ed.), 4496; ESTC S107145 ‘Books 1-3 only. Includes index. Running title reads: Elizabetha Angliæ Regina. First two leaves are blank [lacking 1 in our copy]. A2 is misprinted A3. B1 is a cancel. With a final errata leaf [lacking in our copy as usual]. Entered 21 March [1615].’ One of the most valuable yet neglected sources on early modern Britain. Written in Latin and first published in two parts in 1615 and 1625, the Annals is the earliest full-scale history of Elizabeth I's reign and hailed as a landmark in the development of English historical writing. Written at the behest of Lord Burghley, this first volume of books 1-3 covers her reign from 1589 to her death in 1603. Part two of the Annales, comprising its fourth book, was eventually published posthumously in Latin at Leiden in 1625, after Camden’s death as per his request to the King ‘... knowing how unjust capers the unlearned Readers are.' This first volume includes a description of Drake's voyage around the world in 1577-80, as well as information on Drake's early life, obtained first hand from the man himself. And with references to tobacco.

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