The Elizabethan home : discovered in 2 dialogues / [by Claudius Hollyband and Peter Erondell ; edited by M. St. Clare Byrne]

Hollyband, Claudius, 16th cent

London : Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1925. Limited edition No. 684 of 725. Very good copy in brown quarter-cloth and orange paper-covered boards with Fleur de lis pattern. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; Physical description. : xiv, 95 p. , [1] leaf of plates : ill. (front. ) ; 24 cm. Notes: "Of this edition, printed in England by the Westminster Press, 725 numbered copies have been issued, of which 75 copies, numbered 1 to 75, have been printed on English handmade paper". Author statement from half-title. Extracts from 'The French schoolemaister', 'The French Littleton', and 'Campo di fior' by Claudius Hollyband, and 'The French garden' by Peter Erondell. Contents: Introduction. --Dialogues from Hollyband: I. School and schoolboys. II. The citizen at home. --Erondell's French garden. --Bibliographical and textual notes. --Glossary. Subject: Shakespeare, William - Contemporary England. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Contemporary England. Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603. England - Social life and customs - Early works to 1800. England - Social life and customs - 16th century. Series: Haslewood books. Item #198878

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