Manuscript copy of A dialogue betweene a councellor of state and a justice of peace etc [manuscript], ca. 1620-1640s.
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Title
Manuscript copy of A dialogue betweene a councellor of state and a justice of peace etc [manuscript], ca. 1620-1640s.
Uniform title
Prerogative of parliaments
Description
1 volume (128 pages) ; 26 x 20 cm
Associated name
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, author.
Jermyn, former owner.
Hayes, active 1866, former owner.
Potts, A., active 1866, former owner.
Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885-1963, former owner.
Jermyn, former owner.
Hayes, active 1866, former owner.
Potts, A., active 1866, former owner.
Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885-1963, former owner.
Summary
Early 17th century manuscript copy of Raleigh's A dialogue betweene a councellor of state and a justice of peace, better known from its published title as The prerogative of parliaments [STC 20648], discussing whether James I should call another Parliament after the dissolution of the Parliament of 1614.
Note
Manuscript title on p. 8: A dialogue betweene a councellor of state and a justice of peace etc.
Engraved portrait of Raleigh by George Vertue, 1735, a short note from Raleigh to London goldsmith Peter Vanlore, 1 July 1616 (instructing Vanlore copy an included draft letter and send it to his brother-in-law Adrian Thibaut of Amsterdam), and an example of Raleigh's signature from another manuscript ("WRalegh" on vellum) tipped in before p. 2.
Raleigh's instructions to Vanlore were at some point cut from the bottom of the draft letter it mentions (now Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.54). The manuscript was still intact and in the collection of Browne Willis when the letter and note were published togehterin William Oldys's introduction to a 1736 edition of Raleigh's History of the World.
Bound with manuscript summary of The prerogative of parliaments in England (copied from the Harleian miscellany, v. 9, p. 87, no. 287) and a variety of 19th-century newspaper and bookseller clippings relating to Raleigh.
Engraved portrait of Raleigh by George Vertue, 1735, a short note from Raleigh to London goldsmith Peter Vanlore, 1 July 1616 (instructing Vanlore copy an included draft letter and send it to his brother-in-law Adrian Thibaut of Amsterdam), and an example of Raleigh's signature from another manuscript ("WRalegh" on vellum) tipped in before p. 2.
Raleigh's instructions to Vanlore were at some point cut from the bottom of the draft letter it mentions (now Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.54). The manuscript was still intact and in the collection of Browne Willis when the letter and note were published togehterin William Oldys's introduction to a 1736 edition of Raleigh's History of the World.
Bound with manuscript summary of The prerogative of parliaments in England (copied from the Harleian miscellany, v. 9, p. 87, no. 287) and a variety of 19th-century newspaper and bookseller clippings relating to Raleigh.
Binding information
Red goatskin binding, with spine label Raleigh's Prerogative.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate "Jermyn" overlaid by leather W. A. Foyle bookplate. Note of purchase by A. Potts "from Hayes, Manchester, May 30th 1866."
Sold in the W.A. Foyle sale at Christie's, 12 July 2000 (sale 6348, part of lot 320)
Sold in the W.A. Foyle sale at Christie's, 12 July 2000 (sale 6348, part of lot 320)
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Quaritch, 2011-10-12.
Includes
Vertue, George, 1684-1756. Sir Walter Ralegh Knt.
Linked resources
For a related blog entry, see "Another (sort of) happy reunion..." The Collation (22 March 2012).
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.618
Folger accession
266713