Collection of Jacobean political tracts, [ca. 1650].

1 item (103 p.) ; 29 x 21 cm.

English

Collection of John Loveday; collection of Thomas Loveday. Purchased by James Marshall Osborn from Sotheby's, 1963; gift of James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn, 1976.

Manuscript, on paper, in at least two secretary hands, containing copies of several political texts dating from the reign of James I. Contents include Vox Populi, or, News from Spaigne, by Thomas Scott; a letter from Thomas Alred to the Marquis of Buckingham, 1610, attacking "the Spanish marriage;" two letters from "the Great Mogoll" [Jahangir] to James I, 1617, 1618; a copy of an oration by Ambrogio Spinola to his troops before a battle; a copy of "The Arraignment of Sir Walter Raleigh Knight," identified as Sir Thomas Overbury's version; copies of six letters by Sir Walter Raleigh, including two to King James and one written to his wife after his condemnation; "The Manner and Forme of th'Examination and Death of William Earle of Gowrie...;" and a poem, "Upon Sr. Francis Bacon Lord Virrolam and Chancelor of England," which opens with "When you awake dull Brittaines and behold."

May 18, 2006

Collection of Jacobean Political Tracts, ca. 1650. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Collection of Jacobean Political Tracts, ca. 1650. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.