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Royal MS 16 E XXVI
- Record Id:
- 040-002107196
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000156
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 E XXVI
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'TRAICTÉ des proprietez des Meuriers et instruction par le gouuernement des Vers a Soye', by Françoys de Verton: a tract on the cultivation of silk and the profits to be gained from its introduction into England. Preface addressed to the King [James I]. For the author, François de Verton, sieur de la Forest, see Howes' edition of John Stow's Annales, 1631, p. 894, and Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1607-1610, pp. 380, 487, 540, 584.
Paper; ff. 56. 71/2 in. x 53/4 in. Circ. 1605-1610. Four coloured drawings of silk-worm culture and silk-spinning. On f. 1 the arms of James I are illuminated. Not in the old catalogues.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002107196 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 E XXVI : 'TRAICTÉ des proprietez des Meuriers et instruction par le gouuernement des Vers a Soye', by Françoys de Verton: a… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1361]/040-002107196
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1610
- Date Range:
- c 1605-1610
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)