Sir Walter Rawleigh's ghost; . or, his apparition to an intimate friend, willing him to translate into English, this learned book of L. Lessius entituled, (De providentiâ numinis, & animi immortalitate.) Written against the atheists and polititians of these days:.
Leonardus Lessius (1554-1623)
Category
Books
Date
1651
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3009284
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26],384p. . port.. (metal cut) . 12mo.. Inscription on recto of frontispiece (17th-century hand): No 99 pd. 1m. 2s:'. Provenance: Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on flyleaf: r/2. Binding: Nineteenth-century polished calf binding, blind-tooled decorative roll and double gold fillet borders (also gilt fillet on board edges and double fillet on doublures. Spine blind-tooled, with gilt rules and decoration; spine-label: 'Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost'.
Makers and roles
Leonardus Lessius (1554-1623) Edward Knott (1582 - 1656) Robert C. Vaughan (fl.mid 17th century)