Reliquiae Wottonianae, or, A collection of lives, letters, poems, with characters of sundry personages : and other incomparable pieces of language and art / by the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sr Henry Wotton Kt. ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, G. Bedel, and T. Garthwait, 1651.
Physical Description:
[60], 540 p., [4] leaves of plates : ports. ; 15 cm (12mo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Ih W914 C651 Copy 2: 16 cm.
Contents:
The life of Sir Henry Wotton / [I. Walton] -- Of Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, and George Villiers, duke of Buckingham : some observations by way of parallel ... -- The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George, duke of Buckingham, and Robert, earl of Essex ... [Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon] -- A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, duke of Buckingham. A panegyrick to King Charles ... -- A conceipt of some observations intended upon things most remarkable in the civil history of this kingdom ... -- The election of the new duke of Venice after the death of Giovanni Bembo -- The elements of architecture -- The great action between Pompey and Cæsar -- A meditation upon the XXIIth chapter of Genesis -- A meditation upon Christmas-day -- Letters, &c. and characters of sundry personages, found among the papers of Sir Henry Wotton -- Poems.
Subject Terms:
Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568–1639. | Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592–1628. | Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649. | Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601. | Great Britain -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1651.
Contributors:
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609–1674. | Walton, Izaak, 1593–1683. | Lombart, Pierre, 1612–1682, engraver. | Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568–1639. Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota. English. | Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568–1639. Short view of the life and death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham. | Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568–1639. Parallell betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham. | Maxey, Thomas, -1657, printer. | Marriot, Richard, active 17th century, publisher. | Bedell, Gabriel, -1668, publisher. | Garthwait, Timothy, -1669, publisher.