An historical and political discourse of the laws and government of England, from the first times to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. . With a vindication of the antient way of Parliaments in England. Collected from some manuscript notes of John Selden, Esq; by Nathaniel Bacon, ...
Nathaniel Bacon (1593 - 1660)
Category
Books
Date
1739
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3026204
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],viii,[2],xiii-xix,[1],203,[1],xii,178,[8]p. . fol.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate lettered George Wilbraham (Franks 31733) [George Wilbraham (1779-1852), of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire]. Nineteenth-century pencil notes on flyleaves: "Library A. Shelf 1" and "With Sidney + Harrington at Ludlow. 4 - 44." Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full mottled calf over boards; gilt fillets and gilt roll-tool of thistles and acorns to form an elaborate border; spine gilt, with armorial motif which resembles the Tollemache rather than Wilbraham arms [the Wilbrahams being connected with the Tollemache family and Earls of Dysart [through the marriage of Grace Wilbraham (d.1740) and Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart (1649-1727)]; sewn on six raised bands
Makers and roles
Nathaniel Bacon (1593 - 1660)