Bibliotheca Phillippica - Celebrated collection of manuscripts formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872) new series, 3rd part, 1967-6-27/28
Scope and Contents
(Charters or other documents (most with seals) of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, c.1025; William the Lion, of Scotland; David Earl of Huntingdon (c.1172, with Medieval cuir cisele seal-box); King John, Edward I, Edward III, Henry VI, Queen Elizabeth I and St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury; and the archive of 792 Vellum Charters of the Priority of St. Thomas of Stafford; an Archive of Debts to Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell; letters from the Papers of Robert Beale and Sir Francis Walsingham; manuscripts of Leslie's Historie of Scotland, Spenser's State of Ireland, Sir Thomas Smith's Discourse of the Commonwealth and Sir Kenelm Digby's Journal of His Piratical Voyage; autograph MSS. of Thirlby's Embassy to Rome, 1555.)
Dates
- created: 1967-6-27/28
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
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