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Letters to Sir Philip Sidney from various places on the continent
Title
Letters to Sir Philip Sidney from various places on the continent, 1573-1581.
Physical Description
1 vol. (113 ff.) ; 15-21 cm. x 20-32 cm.
Language
Latin; French; Italian
Notes
Bound for Phillipps in 1848 by Bretherton in morocco.
In Latin, French, and Italian.
Provenance
Ex libris Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 11762). Purchased from Sotheby's on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 1967.
Summary
A collection of 65 letters written during the last two of Sidney's three years on the Continent and the first year after his return to England (June 1573-June 1576), plus another dated 10 October 1581. Authors include Jean Lobbetius (19 letters), Wolfgang Zindilini (12 letters), Andreas Paulus, Jean Vulcob, Matthew Wacker, Francis Perrot, Theophile de Banos, Zacharius Ursinus, Otto Count Solms, Fabian, Burgrave, Dr. Purkircher, Baron Slavata, and others.
Written on paper in various sixteenth-century Continental cursive and italic scripts.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2010
References
Letters to Sir Philip Sidney from Various Places on the Continent. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Letters to Sir Philip Sidney from Various Places on the Continent. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Letters - 16th century.
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