The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public and Private Documents, Chiefly Illustrative of the Times of Elizabeth and James I, From the Original Manuscripts, the Property of the Right Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., President of the Camden Society.

John Payne Collier (1789-1883) editor

Published by Camden Society, London, 1840

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.viii+509 pages with index. Octavo * 1/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering t spine with decorative blind-stamped cover. Camden Society 1st Series, number 12. First edition. By permission of Lord Francis Egerton, President of the Camden Society, they have been transcribed from a great body of miscellaneous original manuscripts preserved at Bridgewater House, accumulated by his Lordship's ancestor, who, while Sir Thomas Egerton, was Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Elizabeth, and who, having been created in the first instance Baron Ellesmere, and subsequently Viscount Brackley, filled the office of Lord Chancellor of England during considerably more than half the reign of James I. "The Egerton Papers" go back to a period considerably anterior to the date when Lord Ellesmere (for he is best known by that title). Condition: Spine ends lightly chipped, corners bumped, inner hinge beginning, slightly shaken else about very good. Seller Inventory # BOOKS001724

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Egerton Papers: A Collection of Public ...

Publisher: Camden Society, London

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition