1619
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| Call Number: | STC 3832.2 Copy 1 |
| Provenance A: Binding | Bound in contemporary, gold-tooled limp vellum with gilt centre and corner pieces and remains of blue ties. Flat spine contains MS. title “Catalogue and of the Kings” at top of spine and repeated ornaments in gilt. Evidence of cancelled leaves before sigs. O1r and O6r. |
| Provenance B: Ownership Marks | Copy contains “The Authours Guift 1621” on title page. This is one of several surviving gift copies from Brooke. Early inscription on first front endpaper crossed out. Armorial bookplate of William Lloyd, 1806 on inner board. Folger Shakespeare Library leather bookplate on front pastedown and Folger paper bookplate on back pastedown. Copy contains a series of longer Latin inscriptions on the two front endpapers. The first endpaper records a gift inscription from Nöel De Caron (c.1550-1624) to Hendrik van Tuyll (1574-1627) in van Tuyll’s hand. Both men were Dutch Ambassadors in London. A rough translation reads: “The gift of Noel De Caron of Schoonewale[?] the ambassador to James illustrious King of Great Britain… at London, gave to me in the year of our salvation 1622.” The line following reads “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” While in London, Nöel de Caron stayed with the Dutch diplomat, poet and composer Constantijn Huygens (1596-1687). Huygens also owned a copy of Brooke’s Catalogue. For more on this copy, visit the National Library of the Netherlands. A rough translation of the Latin inscription on the second endpaper reads “The knights of the garter who were alive in 1622 when the extraordinary ligation in London England came to an end. Ordered in the following succession.” What follows is a list of those present, starting with King James and continuing with a select number of English knights. For additional copy notes, see the Folger Shakespeare Library Catalogue. |
| Provenance C: Annotations | Copy contains a few MS. corrections throughout, including several page numbers. Five lines of strikethrough appear on sig. O6v consistent with several other copies. |
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