The compleat Ambassador: or two treaties of the intended marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of glorious memory comprised in letters of negotiation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her resident in France togather with the answers of Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester by Digges, Sir Dudley - 1655

Amsterdam: George Gallet et Huguetan 1700. Small 4to. vi, 662 pp. Full calf. Spine gilt. Five raised bands. Leather title label to spine. All edges red. Wear to extremities and joints. Head of spine chipped with headband exposed. Marbled endpapers. Scattered foxing. French language translation of Sir Dudley Digges 'Compleat Ambassador.' Binding firm and tight. Good to Very Good condition. . Good. Full Calf. 1700.

1679. London: Printed for Peter Parker, 1679. 5th ed. London: Printed for Peter Parker, 1679. 5th ed. An Artful Defense of King Charles I Diggs, Dudley [1613-1643]. The Unlawfulness of Subjects Taking up Arms Against Their Soveraigne, In What Case Soever. Together with Answers to All Objections. A Work Very Seasonable for These Times, And May Serve as a Curb to the Treasonable Practices of Jesuits and Other State-Incendiaries. London: Printed for Peter Parker, 1679. [viii], 144, 155-170, 137-168 pp. Pagination irregular. Text complete. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4-1/4"). Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-edged raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning to text, faint dampstaining to a few leaves. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page and one other leaf. A handsome copy. $950. * Fifth and final edition. Derived in part from Bracton, Diggs's eloquent defense of the passive obedience of subjects contends that the king is under law as a moral proposition only,… Read More

London: William Stansby for Iohn Barnes,, 1615. some Ape hath put the Cats foot in the fire" - Digges's bulwark for the East India Company Rare first edition of Digges's important book, an early defence of the East India Company monopoly, and a counter-blast to The Trades Increase, an anonymous work of the same year usually attributed to the mysterious mercantilist Robert Kayll; records show that the last copy to appear at public auction was in 1955 (the Andre de Coppet sale, Sotheby's, 9 May). Sir Dudley Digges (1682/3-1639), politician and diplomat, from a well-connected Kent family, was "much preoccupied with overseas trade, he was a shareholder in the Virginia Company and the East India Company. He also took a keen interest in the search for the much vaunted north-west passage. One of the founders of a company incorporated in 1612 for the purpose of trading by that route, he published an account of the ensuing exploration. In 1613 Digges was appointed to the high commission, a prerogative court… Read More