Digges Sir Dudly (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Folio: [14], 441, [1] [6pp] index. Red and black printed title. bright crisp throughout. contemporary calf [light wear]. Excellent.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 1 vol, (viii)441pp.(iii), complete, 12-11/16" x 8-1/4", small folio, with the engraved frontis by Faythorne of Burleigh, Elizabeth and Walsingham, title-page printed in red and black. Bound in contemporary speckled calf over cords, neatly rebacked, back corners renewed, gilt lettered black morocco spine label, small engraved bookplate to upper corner of front pastedown, hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, text clean and bright throughout, overall a VERY GOOD sound copy. Queen Elizabeth I is shown here between two of her closest advisors: Lord High Treasurer Lord Burghley on the left, and Secretary of State Sir Francis Walsingham on the right. Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 and ruled until 1603. Her reign saw a sharp increase in the exploration of foreign lands. It was Burghley who openly questioned the Spanish and Portuguese claims to South America, advising the Queen on securing a foothold in America as well. ESTC R22010; Wing D1453.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. 1655. Tho: Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell & Thomas Collins. London. 1 volume. In-fólio. 31cm. [5]+441+12 páginas. Enc. 1ª edição. Encadernação moderna inteira de pele. Gravura do frontispicio Facsimilada. Folha de rosto espelhada com perda de texto. Fora isso muito bom estado.…

Cloth. Condition: New. Facsimile Reprint. Facsimile Reprint of 1655 Edition. 2 volumes bound in 1. 441 pp. plus index. This is a print-on-demand photocopy of the original ms., pages in fan style, hand-sewn in library buckram binding. In this work, the history of the negotiations as to the Anjou and Alençon matches carried on during Walsingham's embassy (1570-3, dates covering that of the massacre of St. Bartholomew) became public property in the shape of the despatches of Walsingham, and the replies of Burghley, Leicester and Sir Thomas Smith. No similar revelation had hitherto taken place in England, where, notwithstanding the assiduous exertions of James I's diplomatists, very little attention had been paid to their activity by outsiders. But the publisher, encouraged by the success of Cabala, 14 a curious medley of letters and papers of the reigns of James and Charles I which appeared in 1654, anticipated a great success for his experiment, and was not deceived. The time was propitious for a study of the diplomatic processes of the most aggressively protestant of queen Elizabeth's ambassadors, whose policy of securing the alliance of France against Spain was just about to experience a revival. Thus, the book, having rapidly gone into a second edition, was, in due course, translated into French, and came to be repeatedly cited in Wicquefort's celebrated manual, L'Ambassadeur et ses Fonctions. Please note that this is a FACSIMILE REPRINT and contains small imperfections from the original. Please allow 4-6 weeks for fulfillment. New.…