Copies & Extracts of Some Letters Written to and from the Earl of Danby (Now Duke of Leeds) in the Years 1676, 1677, and 1678. With Particular Remarks upon Some of Them

Osborne, Thomas [The Earl of Danby / Duke of Leeds]

Published by Printed for John Nicholson at the Queens-Arms in Little-Britain, London

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1710. (Leatherbound) Very good. xiii, [3], 364pp, [4pp adverts]. 12mo. Bound in period full leather. Top and bottom board blindstamped with decorative center-piece panel. Similar to the "basic pattern" of the early-18th century describe by Pearson in English Bookbinding Styles, 1450-1800" (see p.77, 3.84); similar in their base style to the basic panel stamps of the mid-16th century (p.56, 3.34). Contemporary restoration (presumably from the second-half of the 20th century). Volume housed in protective red-cloth slipcase. From the library of noted Cambridge scholar H. G. Fletcher III, with his bookplate in the inside cover of slipcase folder which houses the volume. New leather spine, aged to appear congruent with the binding, five 5 raised bands, simple unordained compartments; new head / foot bands; original leather laid over boards. Original leather with rubbing, Runners once with decorative gilt decoration, largely lost due to rubbing. Some faint notations in pencil to EPs; simple letter 'G' in early ink at head of ffep. General light age-toning and relative stiffness to textblock, as expected with such a volume from the early 18th century. Starting at p.2 / 3, entirely secured by re-bind. With two ALS bound in: 1) Order for payment of $130 to Sir Phillip Musgrave, dated 17 Jan.1676, signed by Danby; 2) Order for payment of $2000 to Sir William Trumbull "for his Mats. Secret Service without Acct.", dated 8 July 1695, signed by Godolphin (then head of the treasury); bound in at PP18 / 19 and 354 / 255, respectively. Textblock generally clean, without notable age-toning or foxing; free of marginalia, underlining, or any other such blemishes. This is the famous vindication attempt published by Leeds (1631-1712) two years before his death, having been in semi-retirement since 1699. It publishes correspondence with Montagu, William of Orange, Sir William Temple, Lord Sunderland, Brisbane, Hyde, and the Early of Godolphin, dealing with Danby's 1678 impeachment. The eventual publication of Danby's letters to Montagu by the Historical Mss. Commission reveled, however, that the letters had been garbled for the purpose of publication, several passages being omitted and others altered by his own hand.

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• Title: Copies & Extracts of Some Letters Written to and from the Earl of Danby (Now Duke of Leeds) in the Years 1676, 1677, and 1678. With Particular Remarks upon Some of Them
• Publisher: Printed for John Nicholson at the Queens-Arms in Little-Britain, London
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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