P.Rox.1919.OS
Lord Howard of Effingham and the Spanish Armada : with exact facsimiles of the "Tables of Augustine Ryther," A.D. 1590, and the engravings of the hangings of the House of Lords, by John Pine, A.D. 1739 / with an introduction by Henry Yates Thompson.
[London] : Printed for the Roxburghe Club by the Chiswick Press : Charles Whittingham & Co., 1919.
35 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 46 cm.
(Roxburghe Club)
With title page vignette (engraved portrait) and three other mounted portraits.
Colophon: "Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London".
Facsimile.
20th century dark brown leather half-binding, with buckram covered boards; gilt top-edge; title stamped on spine.
Contents: Portrait of Lord Howard / by Thomas Cockson -- [Portrait of] the Earl of Nottingham, aet. circ. 80 -- Introduction / by H.Y. Thompson: Part 1. The Lord High Admiral and Augustine Ryther -- pt. 2. John Pine and the hangings of the House of Lords -- pt. 3. Crispin de Pass and the Spanish Armada -- Ryther's translation of the "Discourse of the Spanish fleet invading England," by Petruccio Ubaldini (p. 17-35) -- The eleven "tables" [maps] by Ryther, published in 1590 -- Portrait of John Pine / by Hogarth ; mezzotint by J. McArdell -- Engravings of the hangings of the House of Lords / by John Pine. Ten plates. 1739.
Circular Eton bookplate on front pastedown.
Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords.
Tapestry England London.
Armada, 1588.
Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
England London.
B44755