Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots: being the secret history of her life, and the real causes of all her misfortunes. . Containing a relation of many particular transactions in her reign; never yet published in any collection. Translated from the French, by Mrs. Eliza Haywood.
Eliza Fowler Haywood (1693-1756)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3025533
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,240p. . 8vo. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; 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 Cambridge-style blind-panelled sheepskin binding; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red morocco title label and gilt date stamp on spine. Red and brown 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
Eliza Fowler Haywood (1693-1756)