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DEVEREUX, Robert, 2d Earl of Essex (1566-1601). A True Coppie of a Discourse written by a Gentleman, employed in the late Voyage of Spaine and Portingale: Sent to his particular friend, and by him published, for the better satisfaction of all such, as having been seduced by particular report, have entred into conceipts tending to the discredit of the enterprise and Actors of the same. London: Thomas Woodcock, 1589.
4o (191 x 148 mm). (Tiny wormtrack in gutter margin not affecting text.) Modern vellum, PRESERVING ORIGINAL TEMPORARY WRAPPER of two old sheets of printer's waste originally used as wrapper bound at front and back. Provenance: Williamson Library (ink inscription on pastedown).
FIRST EDITION. Essex tired of being Elizabeth's favorite in court and left in 1589 to join the fleet of Norris and Drake on April 8, just as they were about to sail in support of Don Antonio, a claimant to the throne of Portugal. The Queen attempted to recall him but he had already sailed. After a long voyage Essex's ship joined the others and he tried to distinguish himself, being the first to wade through the surf to the Portuguese shore. In the attack on Lisbon he went to the gates and challenged any of the Spanish garrison in the name of his mistress. Elizabeth sent an angry letter demanding his return. Norris and Drake supported this and he left for the court and once again became the Queen's favorite.
A WIDE-MARGINED COPY, PRESERVING ITS ORIGINAL TEMPORARY WRAPPER OF PUBLISHER'S WASTE: 2 uncut oblong octavo leaves from John Cosyn's Musike of six, and five parts, London: John White, 1585 [STC 5828]. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy has sold in the last 30 years: sold Sotheby's London, 27 June 1985, lot 149. STC 6790 [noting that in most copies E2 is a cancel. It is not a cancel in the present copy].
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FIRST EDITION. Essex tired of being Elizabeth's favorite in court and left in 1589 to join the fleet of Norris and Drake on April 8, just as they were about to sail in support of Don Antonio, a claimant to the throne of Portugal. The Queen attempted to recall him but he had already sailed. After a long voyage Essex's ship joined the others and he tried to distinguish himself, being the first to wade through the surf to the Portuguese shore. In the attack on Lisbon he went to the gates and challenged any of the Spanish garrison in the name of his mistress. Elizabeth sent an angry letter demanding his return. Norris and Drake supported this and he left for the court and once again became the Queen's favorite.
A WIDE-MARGINED COPY, PRESERVING ITS ORIGINAL TEMPORARY WRAPPER OF PUBLISHER'S WASTE: 2 uncut oblong octavo leaves from John Cosyn's Musike of six, and five parts, London: John White, 1585 [STC 5828]. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one copy has sold in the last 30 years: sold Sotheby's London, 27 June 1985, lot 149. STC 6790 [noting that in most copies E2 is a cancel. It is not a cancel in the present copy].