The life of the Right Honourable Francis North, Baron of Guilford, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, under King Charles II. and King James II. : Wherein are inserted the characters of Sir Matthew Hale, Sir George Jeffries, Sir Leoline Jenkins, Sidney Godolphin, and others the most eminent lawyers and statesmen of that time / By the Honourable Roger North, Esq;.
The Hon. Roger North (1653-1734)
Category
Books
Date
1742
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3011217
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 333, [11] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 4to. Old stain from glass bottom on pp. 157-8. Eighteenth-century manuscript note on portrait verso: Ld Guilford’s Life [crossed through in black ink]. Provenance: 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]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled sheep over boards on three raised cords plus two false raised cords (twentieth-century reback with red spine label), double gilt fillet on covers, blind roll on board edges, red sprinkled edges, olive-green silk bookmark. Old water stains throughout.
Makers and roles
The Hon. Roger North (1653-1734), author Montagu North, editor