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The life and death of the valiant and renowned Sir Francis Drake ..

Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682 · 1671 · London : Printed for Simon Miller ... · 3 pictures

A 1671 London biographical account of the English navigator Sir Francis Drake, written by the clergyman Samuel Clarke and printed for the bookseller Simon Miller for a general readership. The pictures are a university bookplate with a seal and open book, a plain decorative initial letter with scrolled foliage, and an engraved half-length portrait of Drake with a coat of arms, a globe and dividers, which a designer might take from for period heraldry, scrolled capitals and formal engraved portraiture.

Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596

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