Shelfmark
MS 194
Author
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir,
Title
Of Robert Devereux Earle of Essex and George Villiers Duke of Buckingham some obseruationes by way of parallel: in the times of their estates and favoures. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: A parallel between Robert Earl of Essex and George Duke of Buckingham.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, approximately 1634 - 1641.
Physical description
1 volume (32 leaves) : paper ; 16 x 13 cm.
Note
Title taken from caption to text on fol. [2]r.
Note
Published in 1641 under the title A parallel between Robert Earl of Essex and George Duke of Buckingham.
Note
Date of production taken from Beal's Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts, 1450-1700.
Note
Folios are unnumbered. Only 17 folios bear text.
Note
Pages ruled in ink.
Note
Additional headings within the text: Cæcill (fol. 14r); Vere (fol. 16r); Worcester (fol. 16v); Conclusion (fol. 17r).
Note
In a seventeenth century hand on fol. [1]v: By Sir Henry Wotton Knt. Provost of Eton College.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplate of William Bateman of Middleton by Youlgrave, Derbyshire (1787-1835 or his grandson). Note from M.R. James that this item was lot 1770 in the sale of 1893.
Note
Booksellers' catalogue entry adhered to front cover.
Note
Inscription on leaf adhered to front flyleaf: d.d. E.L. Vaughan 1899. Vaughan was assistant master at Eton.
Note
Previous shelfmark: Bk.8.1.
Citation/references note
Beal, Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700, WoH 280.
Binding
Contemporary limp parchment; gold tooled single fillet frames; inner frame has death's head lozenge tools at corners; gold stamped centrepiece of skeleton with dart, lily and hourglass; three stitched bands.
Subject
Buckingham, George Villiers, 1628 - 1687 Duke of,
Subject
Essex, Robert Devereux, 1566 - 1601 Earl of, Biographies.
Added entry--name
Vaughan, E. L. (Edward Littleton) former owner.
Added entry--name
Bateman, William, 1787 - 1835 former owner.
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46641