By the Queene. A proclamation against the common vse of dagges, handgunnes, harquebuzes, calliuers, and cotes of defence.

By the Queene. A proclamation against the common vse of dagges, handgunnes, harquebuzes, calliuers, and cotes of defence.

Proclamations. 1579-07-26

Imprinted in London : At Bacon house by Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, Anno 1579.

2 sheets (versos blank) ; (full-sheet).

At end of text: Giuen at our Manour of Greenewich, the xxvi. day of Iuly in the xxi. yeere of our reigne.

Steele notation: Arms 4; 1) from Dagges, 2) ap- the.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 8113
Crawford, J.L.L. Bibliography of royal proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart sovereigns and of others published under authority, 1485-1714, I, 739
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S115327

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 8113 Bd.w. STC 7758.3 Vol. 1 (flat)

Dyson, folios 218-219. Manuscript numbers: "189, 190"; docket title on verso of sheet 1, cropped; partly manuscript ruled in red. Brownish-black goatskin binding, with rules, centerpieces, and corner pieces in gilt; gilt monogram "HMD" [understood to be Dyson's] repeated twice on each cover. For full description of this volume see record for STC 7758.3. Provenance: Humphrey Dyson copy; inscriptions: on front fly-leaf of volume: "Liber Will. Wylde ex donacione Wi[lliam] Jumper"; and on slip pasted inside front cover: "Edward Palmer"; Marquess of Ripon copy; bought by Folger in June 1925 from Pickering