The history of the life of the Duke of Espernon, the great favourite of France. . Englished by Charles Cotton, Esq; in three parts, containing twelve books. Wherein the history of France is continued from the year 1598. where D'Avila leaves off, down to our own times, 1642.
Guillaume Girard (d.1663)
Category
Books
Date
1670
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3025916
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 190, [2], 191-416, [2], 417-651, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . fol.. With two copies of a portrait of Bernard de Foix de la vallette, duc d'Esperon (not thew subject of this work) as additional frontispiece and following p. 416.. Provenance: MS inscription on flyleaf: JBrownlowe. febr: 19th: 1669 / prec' 14s. [i.e. presumably 'Old' Sir John Brownlow (1594-1679), using Lady Day dating in February 1669/70]. MS notes in same hand on end flyleaf. Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 2/2. Binding: Ca;lf, with rules (seventeenth-century) In book-shoe.
Makers and roles
Guillaume Girard (d.1663) Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687)