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A treatice concerninge the nauie of England; written in anno 1570 by John Mountgomery with an addicion therto made by the said author in an.o 1589
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Montgomery, John, active 1555-1590
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Lyell, James P. R. 1871-
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Drawings--English--16th century
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--England--1550-1600
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Great Britain--Navy--Early works to 1800
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circa 1589
16. century
1589
1589
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Extent: 35 leaves, bound ; 21 cm.
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Written in a secretary hand in brown ink with shoulder-headings.
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Colored drawings are: a warship (frontispiece, fol. 2v), a strawberry plant (title page, 3r), mermaid (5v), turtle (18v), sea-monster (19r), a galley (19v), honeysuckle (34r).
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Binding in black morocco tooled in blind by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, incorporating the original vellum back cover, gilt with an acorn device.
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Bookplates of James P. R. Lyell and the Spanish Armada Collection of Thomas W. Lamont '92. Given by Thomas W. Lamont, 1939.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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