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9781445600857

The Corsini Letters

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  • ISBN13:

    9781445600857

  • ISBN10:

    1445600854

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-07-19
  • Publisher: Amberley Pub Plc
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Summary

During the late 1980s, a collection of sixteenth century merchant letters appeared for sale. Over four sales at Christies, the letters, all addressed to the Corsini firm of London merchants, were scattered to the four corners of the Earth. Thankfully, copies were made of each of the letters, which gave an insight into Tudor life both in Britain and abroad, and these were placed in the Guildhall Library, London.Comprising some 3,600 letters and other documents, the Corsini letters comprised the largest extant archive for any English merchants of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Although philatelic essays have been published on aspects of the archive, the Corsini Letters is the first book to look at the archive as a whole, detailing why it is important, giving a breakdown of the contents of the letters, and yielding a fascinating insight into Elizabethan life. From letters about pirates and spices to one of the first communications from the small West African island of St Thomas, the archive is destined to become an important research tool for those interested in this period of history.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 5
General Acknowledgementsp. 7
Acknowledgements for Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4p. 8
The Corsinis and the Italian Community in London. The City and its Trade.p. 9
The Correspondence. Philip Beale. A Listing of Goods Traded and Other Aspects Concerning the Corsini Business Extracted from the Four Main Auction Catalogues with Lot Numbers.p. 16
Reading the English Letters. Before the Corsini Correspondence. Materials and Conservation. Dates. Numbers. Coinage. Customs Duties. Punctuation. Handwriting and Transcripts.p. 41
The Postal Services Available to the Corsinis in London.p. 49
The Mapping of Elizabethan London and the Corsini Residence.p. 55
Letters from Towns in the British Isles. The Database.p. 65
Description of the Letters from the British Isles.p. 98
European Postal Services in the Late Sixteenth Century: The Correspondence, Charges and Routes.p. 124
Illustrations of Letters with Comments.p. 144
Glossary for Chapters 8 and 9p. 176
Appendices
Spreadsheet of Towns of Origin of G-rated Letters in the Archive.p. 178
The G Symbol and Writing the 1/2. Mike Scott Archer.p. 182
Other Examples of Early European Postal Charges.p. 184
Dallmeier Thurn und Taxis Studien 9/II.p. 189
The House of Fugger 1400-1650 and its Posts.p. 192
A Listing of Examples of Merchant Families' Signs. From the collection of Bryan Wood with four other illustrations.p. 200
Examples of Signs Used by Forwarding Agents.p. 216
Indexp. 219
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