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Overbury, Sir Thomas
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Overbury, Sir Thomas
- Observations upon the state of the 17 Provinces and of France, and first upon that of the Provinces United
- vellum
Scribal manuscript, in a single secretary hand, fifty-nine pages, 4to (190 x 150 mm), c. 1620s; damp damage, first two leaves and final two leaves torn and fragile. Contemporary limp vellum wrappers with old library shelf marks on inside cover and title added on upper cover in a later hand; stained.
Provenance
acquisition: E. M. Lawson
Catalogue Note
These "Observations" followed Sir Thomas Overbury's travels on the Continent in 1609. At least twelve manuscript copies of the work are known to survive (ODNB). It was entered in the Stationer's Register in 1616, after Overbury's murder had made his name notorious, although no printed edition appeared until 1626.