Autograph letter signed from Lodowick Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, to Sir Edward Herbert as Ambassador to France [manuscript], 1623 October 3.
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Autograph letter signed from Lodowick Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, to Sir Edward Herbert as Ambassador to France [manuscript], 1623 October 3.
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1 letter
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Richmond, Ludovic Stuart, 1574-1624, Duke of, correspondent.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
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Great Britain
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V.a.661
Folger-specific note
Sotheby's catalog description: Stuart, Lodowick, Duke of Richmond and Lennox Autograph letter signed ("Richmonde Lennox"), to Sir Edward Herbert [later Lord Herbert of Cherbury] as Ambassador to France. On the imminent return of the Prince of Wales from Spain following the collapse of the proposed Spanish match ("...wee expect with great impatience the prince his returne, which now dependeth onely upon the Wind..."), and also on the proposed recruitment of a company of men at arms, one page, folio, Theobalds, 3 October 1623, integral autograph address leaf retaining a fine red wax seal impression; seal tear, professionally conserved. Red morocco-backed folder, gilt. Sotheby's catalog note: A letter written by one of James VI/I's most trusted courtiers to one of the greatest thinkers of his generation, concerning the dominant diplomatic issue of the moment. This letter was written near the conclusion of the future Charles I's disastrous trip to Spain, which he had undertaken incognito (under an assumed name and sporting a false beard) in order to conclude tortuous negotiations for his marriage to the Infanta. Charles's personal presence had made the failure of these negotiations a diplomatic embarrassment, and it was now to fall to Herbert to negotiate a French marriage for the future king. Within a year, however, Herbert alienated both the British and the French and his diplomatic career was finished — a failure that gave Herbert the time to pursue his philosophical, historical, and poetic writings. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 774. Sotheby's catalog provenance: Maggs, catalogue 597 (1934), no. 646. acquisition: Christopher Edwards, 1992.
Folger accession
269376