The Elizabethan Underworld

Salgãdo, Gamini
Publication Date 2006
Publisher Folio Society,
SKU 25402
Notes Very clean, bright and neat.

Description

Hardback. xxi,248pp. A fascinating consideration of the lives and habits of Elizabethan low-life from the taverns, bear-baiting and brothels of London to the fairs and the highways of the rest of the country. 15 colour illustrations plus further black and white illustrations. Indexed. Includes a note on books relevant the topic. Glossary of underworld terms. Introduction by Michael Wood. Maps to endpapers. Bound in full black cloth blocked with a dramatic design by Francis Mosley in red and gold. Lettered in gilt in a gothic style script to the spine. Black slipcase.
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