The Defence of the Realme 1596. Now for the first time printed, from a MS. in the Chetham library, Manchester by Sir Henry Knyvett. With an introduction by Charles Hughes
Sir Henry Knyvett
Category
Books
Date
1906
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3132113
Summary
Henry Knyvett (1537-1598) wrote this treatise on the training and preparations to defend Britain in case its fleet should be unable to stop invaders on the high seas. Book gifted by: Charles Hughes (the editor). Book Inscription Signature: Charles Hughes Book Inscription: Winston S Churchill with the editor’s tribute and simple admiration for his life of Lord Randolphs, the most fair and just political biography of modern times. CH. Manchester 1906 Date of Inscription: 25 November 1906 (according to covering letter)
Bibliographic description
xxxvi,75,[1]p. ; 20cm. Provenance: inscribed by Charles Hughes: "Winston S Churchill with the editor’s tribute and simple admiration for his life of Lord Randolphs, the most fair and just political biography of modern times. CH. Manchester 1906." Binding: twentieth-century vellum.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry Knyvett Charles Hughes (b.1851)