Catalogue of the important collection of manuscripts, from Stowe. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & co., 11th June, 1849, and 7 following days1849 |
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... reigns of Elizabeth and James the First . This collection includes not only the original draughts of all the dispatches of Sir Thomas Edmondes to his Sovereigns , but also the original letters addressed to him by Queen Elizabeth , and King ...
... reigns of Elizabeth and James the First . This collection includes not only the original draughts of all the dispatches of Sir Thomas Edmondes to his Sovereigns , but also the original letters addressed to him by Queen Elizabeth , and King ...
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... James , the Traveller . Original Letter . 927 687 14 BRUGES , Citizens of . Original Letters . BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ... reign INDEX . xiii.
... James , the Traveller . Original Letter . 927 687 14 BRUGES , Citizens of . Original Letters . BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ... reign INDEX . xiii.
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Stowe Bucks. LOT CARICATURES . Collection of Political Caricatures in the reign ... James , Lord . Letter - Book of his Correspondence when Ambassador at ... King's Original Rules and Orders for the regulation of 224 Coronation of , & c . 423 ...
Stowe Bucks. LOT CARICATURES . Collection of Political Caricatures in the reign ... James , Lord . Letter - Book of his Correspondence when Ambassador at ... King's Original Rules and Orders for the regulation of 224 Coronation of , & c . 423 ...
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... James I. ETRUSCAN Antiquities , & c . , with Drawings . 546. 547 of , from 93 286 EUROPE . Abrégé de la Geographie ... History of , in the reign of Louis XIV . 901 Political Correspondence relating to the Court of France , from 1767 to ...
... James I. ETRUSCAN Antiquities , & c . , with Drawings . 546. 547 of , from 93 286 EUROPE . Abrégé de la Geographie ... History of , in the reign of Louis XIV . 901 Political Correspondence relating to the Court of France , from 1767 to ...
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... JAMES I , King of England . Original Letters , & c . 162 , 163 JAMES I. Miscellaneous Letters and Tracts chiefly relating to the reign of 692 JAMES II . Original Letter of recall of Lord Chandos from Constan- tinople , addressed to the ...
... JAMES I , King of England . Original Letters , & c . 162 , 163 JAMES I. Miscellaneous Letters and Tracts chiefly relating to the reign of 692 JAMES II . Original Letter of recall of Lord Chandos from Constan- tinople , addressed to the ...
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