Notices illustrative of the drama and other popular amusements, chiefly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, incidentally illustrating Shakespeare and his contemporaries; extracted from the Chamberlains' accounts and other manuscripts of the borough of Leicester, with an introduction and notes / by William Kelly
1865, First Edition. London : John Russell Smith. Good library copy only in the original cloth boards, with blind-tooled decoration, and now somewhat dust-dulled and slightly rubbed at the edges. Library label mounted to front. Spine gilt-blocked and somewhat torn in its upper half, albeit without any loss. Preliminary leaves and edges somewhat foxed. Internally tight throughout and generally clean, with some light, isolated marginal foxing. Minor library marks remain. An internally well-preserved and very serviceable reading copy. Item #456251
Physical description; viii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes, facing page 1, a facsimile of a bird's-eye view of Leicester published in the year 1610 from Speed's Treatise of Great Britain. Subjects; Theater - England - Leicester - History - 16th century, Theater - England - Leicester - History - 17th century, Amusements - England - Leicester - History, Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) - Sources, Leicester (England) - History - Sources.
Price: €85.00