Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth. [electronic resource] : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake.
1706
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Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth. [electronic resource] : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake.
Uniform Title
Leycester's commonwealth.
Edition
The second edition corrected.
Publication Details
London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave Mary-Lane, 1706.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[34],160,163-210,111-118p. ; 8⁰.
Note
First published in 1584 as 'The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambrige' and republished in 1641 as 'Leycester's common-wealth'; published in 1706 as 'Secret memoirs', of which edition this is a reissue, and subsequently reissued in 1708 as 'The perfect picture of a favourite', and in 1721 as 'The picture of a favourite'.
Text continuous despite pagination.
Titlepage and half-title are cancels.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Text continuous despite pagination.
Titlepage and half-title are cancels.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T145844.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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