The memoires of the lives and actions of James and William Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c. : In which an account is given of the rise and progress of the civil wars of Scotland: with other great transactions both in England and Germany, from the year 1625, to the year 1652. Together with many letters, instructions, and other papers, written by King Charles the I. Never before published. All drawn out of, or copied from the originals. / By Gilbert Burnet. In seven books.
Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Bishop of Salisbury.
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3006944
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 436, [16] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (metal cut), ports. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting the “Addenda”. Shelved and uniformly bound with “The history of the church and state of Scotland, ... The fourth edition ... MDCLXXII.”. Early 18C annotations [White Kennett] on two red ruled flyleaves and pp. 161, 307. MS. at foot of p. 436: Perlegi Aug. 12 1702. Apr. 14 1707. Provenance: MS. on titlepage: Wh. Kennett. Bookpile bookplate on back pastedown: W:H: De Burgo St: Petri, M,D,CCXX, [i.e. White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough]. Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Earl’s plate covers another bookplate. Binding: Seventeenth-century dark brown sprinkled sheep over boards (rebacked in tan calf); double blind fillet and spine edge roll on covers; remains of gilt roll on board edges,;red and brown sprinkled edges; dark tan and olive-green spine labels. Spine labels: History of Scotland 2.
Makers and roles
Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) Bishop of Salisbury., author William Faithorne the elder (London c.1616 – London 1691), engraver (printmaker) Robert White (London 1645 - London 1703), engraver (printmaker)