Examen: or, an enquiry into the credit and veracity of a pretended complete history; . shewing the perverse and wicked design of it, and the many falsities and abuses of truth contained in it. Together with some memoirs ... All tending to vindicate the honour of the late King Charles the Second, ...
The Hon. Roger North (1653-1734)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3027788
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],120,113-160,169-692,[24]p.,plate . port.. . 4to. Imperfect: wanting portrait plate.. 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 sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet border; blind 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
The Hon. Roger North (1653-1734)