The political will and testament of that great minister of state Cardinal Duke de Richelieu; . from whence Lewis XIV. the present French king has taken his measures and maxims of government. In two parts. Done out of French.
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Category
Books
Date
1695
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3020229
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],203,[1],171,[5]p. . 8vo. Former shelfmarks: Ll/7 (in pencil), Ll.6.1 (blue ink). manuscript Tittenhanger code on rear pastedown: "(43)".. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Tittenhanger Library" [i.e. from the library at Tittenhanger in Hertfordshire formed by Thomas Pope Blount, grandfather of the wife of Charles Yorke (1722-1770)]. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Thomas-Pope Blount / I do not believe Richelieu wrote this book". manuscript marginal notes on p. 42 (second count) in hand of Thomas Pope Blount.. Binding: Late seventeenth-century calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; red gilt title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) King Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715) Paul Hay, Marquis Du Chastelet (b.c.1630)