Secret memoirs of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, prime minister and favourite of Queen Elizabeth. [electronic resource] : Containing an instructive account of his ambition, designs, intrigues, excessive power; his engrossing the Queen, with the dangerous consequence of that practice, &c. Written during his life, and now published from an old manuscript. With a preface by Dr. Drake.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Leycester's commonwealth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588--Early works to 1800.

Leicester, Robert Dudley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([34],160,163-210,111-118p. )

Edition:

The second edition corrected.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe, and sold by Ben. Bragg, at the Blue-ball in Ave Mary-Lane, 1706.

Notes:

First published in 1584 as 'The copie of a leter, wryten by a master of arte of Cambridge' and republished in 1641 as 'Leycester's common-wealth'; published in 1706 as 'Secret memoirs', of which edition this is a reissue, and subsequently reissued in 1708 as 'The perfect picture of a favourite', and in 1721 as 'The picture of a favourite'.

Text continuous despite pagination.

Titlepage and half-title are cancels.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T145844.

OCLC:

508938025