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Record Id:
040-002109581
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002109547
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x000159
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Political tracts, etc., as follows:-

(1) 'A Letter concerning the Publick Transactions in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, containing several Historical Anecdotes and Critical Reflections on Mr. Rapin's History of that Reign' addressed 'To Monsr x x x, Master of Requests' (M. de la Porte, see art. 2), by Etienne de Silhouette; London, 13 Feb. 1736 N.S. The original French version was printed at Amsterdam in 1736. The present translation, according to the endorsement, is by 'Dr. Barclay'. ff. 1-26.

(2) 'An Inquiry into a pretended Conspiracy of the French Ambassador, [Guillaume de L'Aubespine, Baron de Chateauneuf] resident in England to murder Queen Elizabeth' in Jan. 1587. lt is another translation of the same French tract by E. Silhouette (art. 1) addressed to 'Mr. de la Porte, Master of Requests', and it was apparently printed in London in 1741. Two copies, the first imperfect. On the last page (f. 55b) is a cipher. ff. 27-49b, 55b.

(3) List of variants, etc., in the text of the Treaty of Câteau Cambrésis, 1559, as printed in Rymer's Foedera xv, p. 505, and the original MS. Two copies. ff. 57-74. Paper; ff. 74. Folio. XVIII cent.

includes:

  • ff. 1-26 Dr Barclay: Translation of a treatise by E. Silhouette ascribed to: 1736.
  • ff. 1-26,27-49b,55b Étienne de Silhouette, French financier: Tract by on a conspiracy against Qu. Elizabeth I in 1587: 1736.: Two Engl. transls.
  • ff.1-49b,55b Elizabeth I of England: Treatise by E. de Silhouette on a supposed conspiracy in 1587 to murder the Queen: 1736.: Engl. transl.
  • ff.57-74 Treaties: Collations with the original text of the treaty of Câteau Cambrésis, 1559,: 18th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002109547
040-002109581
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Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…

 

Add MS 4131 : Political tracts, etc., as follows:- (1) 'A Letter concerning the Publick Transactions in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, containing…
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032-002109547[0013]/040-002109581
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File
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1 item
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
18th century
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Barclay, physician; translator of treatise by Etienne Silhouette, fl 18th century
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121446237
Silhouette, Étienne, French financier