Shelfmark
Gk.4.07 - Gk.4.09
Author
Title
Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly) from the original papers of the Right Honourable Sir Ralph Winwood, Kt. sometime one of the principal secretaries of state. Comprehending likewise the negotiations of Sir Henry Neville, Sir Charles Cornwallis, Sir Dudley Carleton, Sir Thomas Edmondes, Mr. Trumbull, Mr. Cottington and others, at the courts of France and Spain, and in Holland, Venice, &c. Wherein the principal transactions of those times are faithfully related, and the policies and intrigues of those courts at large discover'd. The whole digested in an exact series of time. To which are added two tables: one of the letters, the other of the principal matters. In three volumes. By Edmund Sawyer of Lincoln's-Inn, Esq;.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed by W.B. for T. Ward, in the Inner-Temple-Lane., 1725..
Physical description
3 v. : port. ; 46 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Volume 1 has an engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Ralph Winwood signed: "Geo. Vertue sculpsit 1723.".
Note
Includes head- and tail-pieces and decorated initials.
Note
Previously listed as ESTC N65464.
Note
Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 650 copies printed on crown, 150 on royal, and 6 on superfine royal -- ESTC.
Note
Signatures: v.1: [pi]² a-b² d-f² g²(-g2) B-6D²; v.2: [pi]² a² b²(-b2) B-6N²; v.3: [pi]² a-b² B-6S².
Note
Pagination: v.1: [26], 461, [11] p., 1 leaf of plates; v.2: [10], 492, [16]; v.3: [12], 507, [21] p.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N65464
Citation/references note
ESTC, T149866
Citation/references note
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1084
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Earl Waldegrave -- probably James, the 2nd Earl -- on front pastedown.
Binding
18th-century speckled calfskin over pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border with gilt tools at the corners; blind fillets and rolls form two concentric panels, the outer one of which has tools at its outer corners. Spine with seven sewing supports, decorated with gilt fillets, tools and titling ("Winwood state papers "). Textblock trimmed and sprinkled red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: Cm.1.12.
Subject
Statesmen Great Britain Correspondence.
Subject
Great Britain Foreign relations Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Subject
Great Britain History James I, 1603-1625.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government 1603-1714.
Added entry--name
Vertue, George, 1684 - 1756 engraver.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--name
Ward, Thomas, fl. 1711 - 1754 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, 1715 - 1763 Earl, former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51335