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
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 3025918
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20], 190, [2], 191-416, [2], 417-651, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . fol.. Provenance: inscribed “Ex libris Henrici Bedingfeld [i.e. probably Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 2nd baronet, (1636-1704)]. Eighteenth-century armorial, lettered “Sir Richard Bedingfeld Bart.” Binding: seventeenth-century mottled calf sewn onto five raised bands; double blind fillet and additional vertical lines tooled parallel to spine; paper spine label inscribed “Life of Duke Espernon”; marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Guillaume Girard (d.1663) Charles Cotton (1630 - 1687)