Autograph letter signed from George James, Edgbaston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1910 March 12

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Autograph letter signed from George James, Edgbaston, to Dr. Platt [manuscript], 1910 March 12

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Mentions his copy of the 1587 edition of Holinshed's Chronicles and his Plutarch, and was struck by the similarity of the way Henry V was paraphrased in the play and Henry VII in the acknowledged history. Correspondent's address appears as 72 Portland Road, Edgbaston.

2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm.

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