A letter of advise, sent by an antient counceller of State unto Kinge Charles against the seditious libelling of Tom Tell Truth, and other pamphletters of that nature. Treating also of the lawfullnes of the election of Ferdinand Kinge of Bohemia, the proscription of the Count Palatine, and of the antient faithfull amitie and aliance, that has alwaies bene inviolablie observed ... between the house of Burgundie, and England

Name:

Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Charles I, 1625-1649; 1625-1649

Date:

1640

Description:

A letter of advise, in seven chapters, with a list of contents (f. 2r). When published in 1643 (Wing B611), this work was attributed to George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore. This volume also includes another tract, Whether England hath received any benefit by preserving the quarrel of the Hollanders ... (f. 49r).

Language:

English

Provenance:

Bookplates pasted inside upper cover: Auxilium meum a domino, Th. Mostyn 1744; A domino auxilium meum [unidentified, 19th century].; Acquired, 1952.

Subject:

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608-1657; Pamphleteers -- England -- Early works to 1800; Pamphleteers; History; International relations

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Tracts (documents); Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

52 leaves : paper; 306 x 190 (222 x 110) mm bound to 315 x 205 mm

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649; Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1625-1649; England

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 1r); title of second work from caption title (f. 49r).; Foliation: Paper, ii (18th-century paper) + 52 + ii + (18th-century paper); [1-52]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in two different cursive hands.; Binding: 18th-century calf, rebacked.; Origin: Written in England, ca. 1640 (Zacour-Hirsch).; English.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 229