This copy of the first translation into English of Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède’s voluminous romance work Cassandra was just the sort of book one might expect women to want to read. Indeed, early moderns often worried about excessive romance reading by women. The book was signed twice by a woman named “Lucie Bourne.”
In each case, she wrote her name on both sides of the title to paratextual material. She may also be responsible for pen marks on another page.
Although it is impossible to make out what has been crossed out, use of RetroReveal shows just below the crossed out section, another signature by Lucie Bourne, this time accompanied by the phrase “her book.”
The book also contains a signature, judging by the handwriting of a later date. Thomas Pickering is possibly the person featured on this website.
Source: book offered for sale on eBay on 12/17/19 by seller allenpeach. Images reproduced with permission.
Early Modern Female Book Ownership 