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[Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book.] [41] leaves, including 2 portraits (the first loose). printed on vellum. 75x55 mm, contemporary black morocco, spine rubbed; contemporary black leather slipcase, worn. (Southwood, 1893)
Scarce facsimile of a miniature manuscript prayer book in 5 languages that belonged to Queen Elizabeth I, decorated with portraits of her and the Duke of Alençon by Nicholas Hilliard. Subsequent owners of the original included King James II, the Duke of Berwick, Horace Walpole, the Duchess of Portland, and Queen Charlotte; the last known was J. W. Whitehead, who published the facsimile. Its current location is unknown. Welsh 2617.
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