Sales catalogue 522: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/78
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 522: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    669 BLOW (JOHN, 1648-1708). Famous Composer. Organist of West-/ minster Abbey 1669-80. Private musician to James II. AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT SIGNE aa HIS ANTHEMS SO BE] Oee iis II pp., folio. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE No. II). £31 10s A very fine autograph manuscript of this famous organist and composer. 670 BODLEY (THOMAS, 1545-1613). Was entrusted with various diplomatic missions by Queen Elizabeth. Founder of the Bodleian Library. AUTOGRAPH: LETTER): SIGNE DRAIN] teat Aas pee CHRISTIAN, HUYGHENS, SECRETARY OF ST Aarne deltas. UNITED, PROVINCES OF sTHE LOW COUNT KE 1 page, folio. The Hague, 15th June, N.Y. £15 15s A curious and interesting letter : ‘That I make fun of your letters in vulgar language! Rather it seems to me that you do yourself a great wrong: to allow such thoughts to enter your mind. Because you may believe me, that it has always pleased me to proceed in all matters, be they large or small, with full loyalty and without any shade of sus- picion, the more so, as I have to do with you. P 671 BOLINGBROKE (HENRY ST. JOHN, LORD, 1678-1751). Secretary of State to James, the ‘‘ Old Pretender,’’ and drew up his declaration for invasion. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED “ oSie 3) Ol eee LORD TOWNSHEND. 2 pp., 4to. Whitehall, October 25th, 1710. . £3 3s Written when Secretary of State, and concerning the complaint, made by a certain Mr. Bindon, the bearer of the letter, of ‘‘ very bar- barous usage ’’ which he had met with from the Commander of a Flushing Privateer. Fs . Ye sufferer himself will inform you of ye matter at large. He has made application to Mons. Vryberg & has obtain’d his letter to ye States to repre- sent his case to them, & their High Mightynesses thereupon sent directions to ye Fiscall of ye Admiralty of Zealand to enquire as strictly as possible into ye merits of this complaint.’? Etc.
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