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Segar, Sir William
Honor, military and civill contained in foure bookes.
London: Robert Barker, 1602.
[ii], 256pp, seven of the eight engraved portraits. Lacking frontispiece.
First edition OF SEGAR'S BEST KNOWN WORK. The eight portraits of late 16th-century European rulers in contemporary hand colour are particularly striking. Segar was a herald who held the office of Garter king of arms from 1604, and also a painter of significance counting Robert Dudley, first earl of Leicester, Robert Devereux, second earl of Essex, Sir Francis Drake and Queen Elizabeth among his sitters. Luborsky & Ingram, 22164; STC 22164. Bound in full calf. Condition: margins and corners repairs/strengthened from pages 237-256. 295mm x 180mm.
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