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Name Speed, John, historian

1. Add MS 50745

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Add MS 50745
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Vol. II, ff. 23 Forgeries: Autographs, mostly literary,: late 19th cent. includes: f. 2 Robert Burns, poet: Signed notes beg. `For my own affairs I am in a fair way of becoming as eminent',: 1786: Forgeries. f. 5 George Cruikshank, artist and caricaturist: Signature,: n.d: Forgery. f. 7 Sir J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 57336

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Add MS 57336
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JOHN SPEED (d. 1629): working notebook for his History of Great Britaine (1611); circa 1611. Autograph (compare with the hand of his letters, see W. Greg, English Literary Autographs 1550-1650, pl. LVI), with some passages in a scribal hand. Contains probable first drafts (see, for example, marginal note on f. 5v 'write this thoughe it be cros. stet') of the accounts of the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III, a translation of the papal bull Regnans in Excelsis excommunicating and deposing E...
Scope & Content:
John Speed, historian: History: Note-books: Note-book for his History of Great Britaine by John Speed: circa 1611: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1611
Extent:
1 item