Letters written by Sir W. Temple, Bart. . and other ministers of state, both at home and abroad. Containing, an account of the most important transactions that pass'd in Christendom from 1665 to 1672. In two volumes. Review'd by Sir W. Temple sometime before his death: and published by Jonathan Swift domestick chaplain to his excellency the earl of Berkeley, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland.
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3020700.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 of 2 (v.1: [12],520p.; v.2: [2],360p.) . ill.. (port..) . 8vo. Provenance: Armori bookplate on title-page versos: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil in both vols.; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double blind fillet border on boards, with blind roll pattern along spine edge; gilt roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with red title label, and gilt vol. no. and date stamped on spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Sir William Temple (1628-1699) Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)