The life of the valiant & learned Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight. : With his tryal at Winchester.
John Shirley (1648-1679)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3013373
Summary
Bibliographic description
243, [1] p. ; 8vo. Small old candle burns on pp. 55, 61. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on titlepage: J Som[m]ers [i.e. John, Lord Somers (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor]. Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards on five raised cords, remains of gilt tooling and spine label on spine, gilt roll on board edges, marbled edges. Front cover detached.
Makers and roles
John Shirley (1648-1679)