Letters on the study and use of history.
Sir Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)
Category
Books
Date
1752
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3015366
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Bound uniformly with other works by Bolingbroke. Vol. 1 bound to precede v. 2. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Manuscript inscription: M: Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt fillets; rebacked in calf; spine gilt; brown morocco spine label: "Bolingbroke's Works 5 [-6]"; sewn on five raised bands
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)