KIPLING, Gordon.: The Receyt of the Ladie Kateryne. , Oxford: The Early English Text Society/Oxford Univerity Press, 1990."In October and November of 1501, the Tudor court devised a festival to celebrate the marriage of Henry VII's eldest son, Prince Arthur, to Katharine of Aragon, daughter of the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella....No other contemporary source preserves such a full and vivid account of the social history, visual arts, and drama in England at the opening of the sixteenth century." Pp.lxxvi/200/14(blanks), frontispiece photo of the College of Arms, MS 1st M. 13, fol.64v(showing corrections and additions by Scribe C). Brown cloth, gilt title and motif to front board, gilt title to spine. VG. (Book ref. 37223) £25.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Beckham Books Ltd , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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