Wotton, Henry, Sir. 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, late, provost of Eton Colledg

British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661: E.1254[1]
Folger bibliographic ID: 142330
ESTC number: R209190
Wing number: W3648
Folger call number: W3648 copy 1
Folger holdings ID: 144002

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Editor's dedication signed: J.W., i.e. Izaak Walton With an engraved frontispiece portrati of the author (plate) signed: PLombart sculp The words "lives, ... poems;" are bracketed together on title page The first leaf bears "Advice to the reader" and errata on verso Among the contents are: The life of Sir Henry Wotton [signed at end: Iz[aak]. Wa[lton].]; Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; The difference and disparity between the estates and conditions of George Duke of Buckingham, and Robert Earl of Essex [by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, but here attributed to Wotton]; A view of the life and death of Geo. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; A panegyrick to King Charls; 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; A philosophicall surveigh of education, or Moral architecture; The great action between Pompey and Caesar; 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 Sr, Henry Wotton Knight; Poems found among the papers of S.H. Wotton "A panegyrick to King Charls" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous Wotton's parallel between Essex and Villiers, his life of Buckingham, and his panegyrick to Charles I were also published separately, the latter in Latin with title: Ad Regem è Scotia reducem Henrici Wottonii plausus et vota Imprimatur at foot of p. 540: Imprimantur [sic]. Na. Brent Annotation on Thomason copy: "feb: 2 1650"

Item information about Folger W3648 copy 1

cs78. Engraved armorial bookplate signed: E. D. French sc. 1894. Lacking engr. port. after F2. Errata leaf bound as printed. Provenance: inscribed on t.p.: "W. H. Barnar[d?]"; engraved armorial bookplate of Marshall Clifford Lefferts (motto "nulla vestigia retrorsum"); 1902 Bangs & Co., N.Y., cat. ("The Lefferts Books April 21[-]24, 1902"), lot no. 1443

Uniform title: Works. Selections
Extended title: 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, late, provost of Eton Colledg
Alternate titles: Collection of lives, letters, poems

Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639 Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628 Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601 Great Britain Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

author: Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
subject: Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639
subject: Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628
subject: Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601
subject: Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
printmaker: Lombart, Pierre, 1612-1682
associated with: Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683
associated with: Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674
former owner: Lefferts, Marshall C. (Marshall Clifford), 1848-1928