A Description Of Maps And Architectural Drawings… By William Cecil; A Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the Collection made by William Cecil First Baron Burghley now at Hatfield House. With a foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury

SKELTON, R. A & SUMMERSON, Sir John

Edité par Printed at the University Press by Vivian Ridler, Oxford, 1971

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Published: 1971. DESCRIPTION: Quarter blue morocco leather, with gilt top edge. Illustrated with 24 plates, of which sixteen are double age and six are in colour. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Marks to cloth. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Bookplat to front paste down R.H. Johnston DJ Condition: Na Pages xv, 96, plates. Size: Folio Elephant Folio 51.5cm by 38cm. BOOK RESUME: Extract from forward. 'I suppose that probably, over the greater part of its existence, no collection of documents, public or private, has had a calmer or more uneventful passage through the centuries than those that have come to be called the Cecil Papers, that is, the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the Lord High Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth I , and of his son Robert Cecil, who succeeded him in many of his offices. At the time of Roberts death, the papers were at Salisbury House, his residence in The Strand. There they seemed to have remained until near the end of the 17th century, when they were moved to Hatfield House, in Hertfordshire ; and at Hatfield they have remained ever since, and still are. They may almost have seemed, if one may use such a phrase, to have dreamed the centuries away. But if their subsequent history has been so untroubled, that can certainly not be said of the period that gave them birth. The 16th century, during which the whole of Lord Burghleys and the greater part of Robert Cecils life was spent, will always, I imagine, be regarded as one of the most significant in our history. It was the age that, more than any other, bridged the gap between the Middle Ages and modern times. It was the age of two of Englands greatest rulers, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. It was the age of Shakespeare and Philip Sidney, of Kramner and Thomas Moore, of Ralegh and Drake, of William Harvey and William Byrd, and of countless others almost as eminent. It was the age that saw the opening up of the New World. It was the age, finally, of the Reformation and the life and death religious and dynastic struggles that flowed from the Reformation. That was the age, the brilliant dangerous age, in which it was the lot of William and Robert Cecil to live, and the Cecil Papers are in effect, the record of the part they played in the history of their time. Herein lies the importance of the greater part of the maps which form the subject of this book. They ought to be regarded not merely as examples of cartography, though he was an enthusiastic cartographer, but as essential adjuncts to the policies which he was pursuing and, as such, a valuable contribution to the history of this of his time. And there are, in addition, others of almost equal importance but of a more personal kind, maps connected with his own various properties, plans of houses, and so on, not so important to historians but as real value giving a more complete picture of the man.' POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.

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• Titre: A Description Of Maps And Architectural Drawings… By William Cecil; A Description of Maps and Architectural Drawings in the Collection made by William Cecil First Baron Burghley now at Hatfield House. With a foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury
• Éditeur: Printed at the University Press by Vivian Ridler, Oxford
• Date de parution: 1971
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
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