Lot 145
  • 145

[Hanse Merchants]

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • A Declaration of the Causes which Mooved the chiefe Commanders of the Navie of her most excellent Majestie the Queene of England, in their voyage and expedition for Portugal, to take and arrest in the mouth of the River of Lisbone, certaine Shippes of corne and other provisions of warre bounf for the said Citie: Prepared for the services of the King of Spaine, in the Ports and Provinces within and about the Sownde, the 30. day of June, in the yeere of our Lord 1589. and of her Majesties raigne the one and thirtie. London: by the Depiuties of Christopher Barker, 1589
  • paper, ink, leather
Small 4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.; 184 x 133 mm). 12 leaves, woodcut device on title, large royal woodcut arms on verso; some soiling. Modern marbled wrappers.

Provenance

Humphrey Dyson (signature on title)

Literature

STC 9196

Condition

Condition as described in catalogue entry.
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Catalogue Note

First edition.  This pamphlet gives Elizabeth's justification for seizing the sixty ships of the Hanse merchants, on the grounds that they were loaded with provisions for the expected second Armada.