Sir Thomas Smith's Misgovernment of the Virginia Company

Nicholas Ferrar; D. R. Ransome (ed.)

Verlag: For presentation to members of The Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, 1990

Beschreibung

xxii, [29] pp., folio (14 x 9 in.); burgundy cloth sides, title blocked in gilt on spine. Printed at the University Press, Cambridge. Includes 14 full-page facsimile pages and a full transcription, with corrections. The previously unpublished manuscript (from the Devonshire papers at Chatsworth House) of Nicholas Ferrar's pamphlet, which purpose was "to demonstrate the misgovernment of Sir Thomas Smith in the years before 1619 and thus to imply his unfitness to resume responsibiity for Virginia in 1624" (introduction, p. xx). Thomas Smith (1558?-1625) was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Viriginia Company from 1609-1620. With the bookplate of Roxbughe Club member Jayne Wrightsman. A fine copy. Barker 255. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2903

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Titel: Sir Thomas Smith's Misgovernment of the ...

Verlag: For presentation to members of The Roxburghe Club, Cambridge

Erscheinungsdatum: 1990

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine