Letter writing formulary [manuscript], 1613.

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Letter writing formulary [manuscript], 1613.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700071217

Formulary, beginning "Jacobus Dei gratia Magna Britanniae Franciae & Hiberniae rex fidei Defensor &c," consisting of modes of address to 67 fellow monarchs and heads of church and state throughout continental Europe, North Africa, and near Asia (leaves 4v-40). Written in a variety of calligraphic scripts, appropriate to the recipients: French court hand for French royalty and nobility, flamboyant or formal Italic for others. Many blank leaves, 24 of which were used ca. 1730 by a not-highly-literate artisan to record recipes for dying large quantities of cloth (leaves 2v-3r, 66-77). Quantities in these recipes are prescribed in pounds, gallons, and pails and are for producing a variety of colors, including "origenel red," "a bloom culler," and "chocalate callor."

1 v. (76 leaves) ; 13 x 19 cm (oblong 8vo)

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