Transcript copies of letters written and received by Sir Charles Cornwallis during his embassy in Spain
Transcript on paper watermarked 1809, of BL, Cotton MS. Vespasian C. IX, fols. 332-688, copies of letters written and received by Sir Charles Cornwallis during his embassy in Spain, 1606-7.
Dates
- Creation: 1606-1607
Extent
801 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. c. 208, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. hist. c. 208
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10951
Abstract
Transcripts copies of letters written and received by Sir Charles Cornwallis during his embassy in Spain, 1606-1607.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Charles Cornwallis, 1555-1629, was an English courtier and diplomat.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Owned by John Booth, bookseller and stationer, Duke St., London (inscription, p. iii); Phillipps MS. 25159; Sotheby's, 6 June 1898, lot 264; Sotheby's, 14 Feb. 1927 (W. A. Lindsay sale), lot 224.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Maggs, cat. 505 part ii (1928), 2244.
Physical Facet
half calf, marbled boards
- Title
- Transcript copies of letters written and received by Sir Charles Cornwallis during his embassy in Spain, 1606-1607
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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