An illustrated Folio Society edition of the fascinating memoirs of James Melville, a diplomat and courtier in 16th-century Elizabethan England. Hardback, bound in dark green cloth with gilt coat of arms to front board. With the original light green slipcase. Published by the Folio Society in London in 1972, the second impression of the 1969 first edition. A few marks externally. Stamps of Kings School Memorial Library to front endpaper and text block.