English Literature & History
Catalog Information: 431 lots | 262 with images
Date: 2005
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Lot 1: f - ANNE, QUEEN.
Two documents signed by Queen Anne and a receipt, all relating to campaigns of the duke of marlborough, comprising:Condition Note:i) Diplomatic letter in Latin, to Lothar Franz, Archbishop of Mainz, in a secretarial hand, subscribed and signed by the [...more]
Lot 2: CROMWELL, THOMAS.
Letter signed ("Your assuryd ffreend Thomas Crumwell")Condition Note:to Dr Nicholas Wooton, English delegate to Cleves, concerning negotiations for henry viii's marriage to anne of cleves, the text in the secretary hand of a Royal Chancery scribe, 2 [...more]
Lot 3: CROMWELL, THOMAS.
Two letters, one a duplicate of the other, both signed ("Your lovyng assuryd ffreend Thomas Crumwell" and "Your assu[ryd ] Thomas Crumw[ell]")Condition Note:to Dr Nicholas Wooton, English delegate to Cleves, about negotiations for henry viii's marria [...more]
Lot 4: c - CROMWELL, OLIVER--
Two military commissions of CromwellCondition Note: issued and signed by Philip Sidney, Viscount De L'Isle, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, appointing Oliver Cromwell as Captain and Major respectively in the regiment of horse of Colonel Leonard Lydcot [...more]
Lot 5: GEORGE III-- HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM.
Collection of documents relating to the Howard family, Earls of Effingham, mounted in a large albumCondition Note: including: military commissions, signed by George II, George III (15), and William IV (2); several documents relating to the Order of t [...more]
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