[Elizabeth I, Queen of England]

By the Queene. A Proclamation for the dearth of Corne

London: Christopher Barker, 1596 A handsome, black-letter proclamation, forbidding, in view of scarcities, the raising of the price of “corne” [in England, wheat], and the making of starch. Issued “At our Mannor of Greenwich, the last day of July , in the xxxviii yeere of our Raigne.” A FINE ELIZABETHAN DOCUMENT OF ENGLAND'S ECONOMIC HISTORY (BROADSIDE) First Edition. 16 x 11 inches, framed to 21 1/2 x 17 inches overall. Ornamented opening initial. Frayed along right hand margin, touching a few letters, old folds and small rust-stain at top left margin, else fine and, despite the defects noted, an attractive item. New STC, 8251; Steele, A Bibliography of Royal Proclamations of the Tudor and Stuart Sovereigns, 884; Hughes and Larkin, Tudor Royal Proclamations, 781; not in Kress or Goldsmith

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