An Anthology of Elizabethan Dedications and Prefaces (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Anthology of Elizabethan Dedications and PrefacesDavies, for instance, is represented in this collection, it is because their dedications and prefaces are wholly in verse.Limitations of date, length, and form leave us, then, with a collection of prose dedications and epistles to the reader, chosen from Elizabethan books between 1557 and 1623 that are not too long to be reproduced in their entirety. The arrangement is strictly chronological in the order of the first appearance of each in print, for it is believed that the historic development of this form of writing may thus best be traced.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.