Annales ... of Elizabeth Queene of England

Item author: Abraham Darcie
Item date: 1625
Grant Value: 178 10s
Item cost pre-decimal: 178 10s
Item date acquired: 1965
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London

The binding on this book, with a posthumous portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, appears to be the earliest English trade binding designed to cover copies of a particular book

Item Provenance
Major JR Abbey, sale at Sothebys (Lot 244)