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A journal by one of the suite of Thomas Beckington, afterwards bishop of Bath and Wells, during an embassy to negotiate a marriage between Henry VI and a daughter of the Count of Armagnac A.D. MCCCCXLII. / With notes and illustrations by Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Esq.
Added title page title: Journal of an embassy to the Count of Armagnac. A.D. 1442-3
London : William Pickering., MDCCCXXVIII. [1828]
xv, [1], lxxvii, [3], 130 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
"Only two hundred and fifty copies printed"- on verso of title leaf.
Errata: page no.[2] (fourth count).
Half-title reads: Journal of an embassy to the Count of Armagnac. A.D. 1442-3.
Eton College Library bookplate with ms. inscription: "given by A. V. ?Polt [or Pott] Nov. 1929".
19th century blue calf half-binding; marbled endpapers; binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso: "Morrell, binder, London".
Henry, 1421 - 1471 VI, King of England,
Pickering, William, 1796 - 1854 publisher.
England London.
B35025