[Kurou paideia]: or, The institution and life of Cyrus the Great.
Xenophon (c.430 - c.355 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3021524
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],214,[2];190,[2]p., plate . ill.. . 8vo. Pagination: [18], 214, [2]; 190, [2] p.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: John Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esqr. 1698 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. manuscript inscriptions on title-page: "Given me by Sr Ger: Elwes. 8: Dec: 84", and "Tho: Hervey & Isabella" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
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
Xenophon (c.430 - c.355 BC) Francis Digby John Norris (1657-1711)