Shelfmark
MS 188
Author
Title
Letters of Henry Wotton as ambassador from the Court of St James to Venice between 1617 and 1620. Includes other correspondence from Europe addressed to King James VI and I, and letters by Gregorio di Monti. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: Letters of Sir H. Wotton.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venice, Italy, 1617 August 1 - 1620 January 29.
Physical description
1 volume (354 leaves) : paper ; 32 x 24 cm.
Note
Devised title.
Note
Variant title in M.R. James: Letters of Sir H. Wotton.
Note
165 letters, largely written by Henry Wotton to James VI and I, Sir Thomas Lake, or Sir Robert Naunton. Also includes letters addressed to the King from, for instance, the Senate of the city of Ulm. Includes a series of correspondence from Gregorio di Monti, an agent within the English embassy in Venice (See Calendar of State Papers relating to English affairs in the archives of Venice, vol. 1).
Note
Some written in Wotton's own hand, especially if addressed to the King, but also written in other hands and undersigned by Wotton.
Note
Many of the letters include their envelopes and accompanying seals. With endorsements on arriving in England.
Note
Letters of Sir Henry Wotton edited by Logan Pearsall Smith were published by Oxford University Press in 1907.
Note
Includes a tipped in letter from William Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (as Earl of Dalkeith) dated 1833, addressed to the Provost. It speculates on the provenance of the letters, which were found amongst the papers of his mother, Charlotte Thynne, daughter of Sir Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath. She was descended from Sir Ralph Winwood, and they may have passed down this line.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bp.4.18, Bp.1.7, Bl.5.14.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 188.
Binding
19th century mid brown calf; gold tooled fleur-de-lys roll border and blind tooled palmette frame; gold tooled single fillet frame with cockle-shell cornerpieces; gold tooled roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration and title on spine; rebacked in late 20th or early 21st century by Richard Day (signed on rear pastedown) with fragments of earlier spine reattached; five raised bands; dark green endpapers.
Subject
Great Britain Foreign relations Venice.
Subject
Great Britain Foreign relations Holy Roman Empire.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
James, 1566 - 1625 I, King of England recipient.
Added entry--name
Lake, Thomas, 1567? - 1630 Sir, recipient.
Added entry--name
Naunton, Robert, 1563 - 1635 Sir, recipient.
Added entry--name
Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, 1806 - 1884 Duke of, former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice
Language code
eng ita
Identifier
B46617