The compleat ambassador: . or two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory; comprised in letters of negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her resident in France. Together with the answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho: Smith, and others. Wherein, as clear as a mirror, may be seen the faces of the two courts of England and France, as they then stood; with many remarkable passages of state, not at all mentioned in any history. Faithfully collected
Sir Dudley Digges(1583-1639)
Category
Books
Date
1655
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3012555
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],232,231-414,419-434,439-441,[9]p. . ill.. . fol... Final [4] leaves mis-bound following last leaf of preliminaries.. Provenance: Bookplate: Erthig (anonymous armorial). Manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Ben: Hatley April 4th 1702".. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled goatskin binding; double blind fillet border. Rebacked. Typed binder's note attached to rear pastedown, signed and dated 'Nicholas Pickwoad 4 November 1985'.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Sir Dudley Digges(1583-1639) Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532 - 1590)