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Copy of letter from Sir Philip Sidney to Elizabeth I, Queen of England, ca. 1580 [manuscript], ca. 1650.

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586, sender.; Feathery Scribe, active 17th century, scribe.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, addressee.
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Title
Copy of letter from Sir Philip Sidney to Elizabeth I, Queen of England, ca. 1580 [manuscript], ca. 1650.
Description
19 leaves ; 27 x 19 cm
Associated name
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586, sender.
Feathery Scribe, active 17th century, scribe.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, addressee.
Scope and content
Advising the Queen against marriage to the Duc d'Anjou.
Note
Was no. 5 in a volume of tracts.
Publications about material
Slight variations from text as printed in a Collotype Facsimile ... of an Elizabethan MS preserved at Alnwick Castle ... 1904.
Elizabeth I : then and now / compiled and edited by Georgianna Ziegler. Washington, DC : Folger Shakespeare Library ; Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2003, p. 156-158.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Elizabeth I, Then and Now, curated by Georgianna Ziegler, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., March 21-August 2, 2003.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1132.2
Beal, P. In praise of scribes, 110
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.210
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)

Call number
X.d.210
Folger accession
cs1132

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