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CAMDEN, William (1551-1623)]. Annales: The True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth . Translated by Abraham Darcie (fl. 1623-1635). London: Benjamin Fisher, 1625.
CAMDEN, William (1551-1623)]. Annales: The True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth . Translated by Abraham Darcie (fl. 1623-1635). London: Benjamin Fisher, 1625. 4º (220 x 162mm). Engraved title, engraved portrait of Elizabeth by Robert Vaughan etched portrait of Darcie by Fr. Delaram on final verso, large woodcut initials and ornaments. (Title close cut with loss of bottom and inner margins and partial loss to bottom line of text on verso, portrait of Elizabeth with margins cut away, Gg3 short at margins, some browning and waterstaining.) Hard-grained olive morocco gilt by J. McKenzie, gilt edges. Provenance : Mary [?] (early signature, partly deleted) – Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (1829-1900; bookplate, his pencil note reading 'rare portrait of Darcie in a brilliant state'). FIRST ISSUE of the first English translation of Books 1-3 of Camden's Latin Annales , made from the French translation by Paul de Bellegent. FIRST ISSUE, AND EARLY STATE OF THE ENGRAVED TITLE-PAGE with the translator's name and without Fisher's address or the date in the imprint, also with 14 lines of verse on the recto of Elizabeth’s portrait and with Darcie's portrait on final leaf. The work was dedicated to James I and published in the last year of his reign. Graesse II, 25; STC 4497.