IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 287
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: 'To Maister Anthonie Bacon. An Apologie of the Earle of Essex....'
Date(s): c1600-1700
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 64 pages
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
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CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
'To Maister Anthonie Bacon. An Apologie of the Earle of Essex, against those which falsely and maliciously taxe him to be the onely hinderer of the Peace, and quiet of his Countrey'. The text differs slightly from that of the first printed edition of 1603.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purposes of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
With the bookplate of Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, and a note, "bought at the sale of Sir Julius Caesar's MSS., 1757". Phillipps MS. 11788, "from Strawberry Hill 1842". Accompanying the MS. formerly covering it, is a parchment deed between Sir Edward Osborne, ancestor of the Duke of Leeds, and Humfry Bark, dated 14 Nov. 1586.
Immediate source of acquisition:
See Archival History
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by J Caudwell.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2002-08-28