Spanish Armada.- [Cecil (William, Lord Burghley)]
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Spanish Armada.- [Cecil (William, Lord Burghley)] Certaine Advertisements out of Ireland concerning the Losses and Distresses happened to the Spanish Navie, first edition, mostly black letter, title with woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece, some light surface soiling but a very good copy generally, Macclesfield blind-stamp to head of title and A2 and facsimile bookplate to pastedown, modern antique-style half pigskin, light rubbing to covers, [STC 14257], sm. 4to, Vautrollier for Richard Field, 1588.
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this contemporary account of the destruction of the Spanish Armada. The present work is the second part of The Copie of a Letter sent out of England to don Bernadin Mendoza, both of which are often attributed to Burghley, among whose possessions the manuscript was discovered.
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this contemporary account of the destruction of the Spanish Armada. The present work is the second part of The Copie of a Letter sent out of England to don Bernadin Mendoza, both of which are often attributed to Burghley, among whose possessions the manuscript was discovered.
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Spanish Armada.- [Cecil (William, Lord Burghley)]
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