A lamentable tragedie, . mixed full of plesant mirth, containing the life of Cambises king of Percia, from the beginning of his kingdome, vnto his death, his one good deed of execution, after that many wicked deedes and tyrannous murders, committed by and through him, and last of all, his odious death by Gods iustice appointed. Done in such order as followeth.
Thomas Preston (1537-1598)
Category
Books
Date
1595
Materials
Measurements
179 x 133 x 46 mm
Place of origin
Imprinted at England
Collection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 3007508
Summary
Bibliographic description
Final leaf = F4 . 4to.. Variant. Small hole in sig. B1 affecting text. Manuscript volume contents list in a seventeenth-century hand. Old shelfmarks in ink: Q:6:29; I7.14; F.5.14. Old shelfmarks in pencil: F1-6; 18/4. Provenance: Gilt centrepiece on both covers: crescent moon, surrounded by garter motto with earl's coronet on top. Printed slip: Earl of Egremont, Petworth. Binding: Sprinkled calf, red sprinkled edges, double gilt fillet frame, gilt centrepieces (boxed).
Makers and roles
Thomas Preston (1537-1598)