The Antiquities of Warwick, and Warwick Castle – Extracted from Sir William Dugdale’s Antiquities of Warwickshire - 1786

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The Antiquities of Warwick, and Warwick Castle – Extracted from Sir William Dugdale’s Antiquities of Warwickshire – 1786

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Title goes on … To which is added, from an ancient Manuscript in the Possession of the Corporation of Warwick, a Detail of the Earl of Leicester’s Arrival in Warwick, and Celebrating the French Order of St Michael, in the Year 1571: And also, an Account of Queen Elizabeth’s Reception in Warwick, in 1572. Embellished with a Copper Plate Print of St Mary’s Church.

Printed by and for J. Sharp; and Sold by Messrs. Rivingtons, St Paul's Church-yard, London MDCCLXXXVI [1786].

Octavo, 163 pages, large folding plate of the South East Prospect of St Mary’s Church by B Cole. Bound half leather over marbled boards, gilt embellishments to spine. Top of spine “pulled” a little age, otherwise a pretty good antiquarian copy.

Dugdale’s earlier book is the major reference on early Warwickshire and Warwick. Here we have a reduced version which made it accessible. The additions make the book, and the descriptions of Elizabeth I visit a highlight.

Warwick one of the more fascinating Castle Towns of England and a visit from Elizabeth I.

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