Instructions for youth, gentlemen and noblemen. By Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Treasurer Burleigh, Cardinal Sermonetta, and Mr. Walsingham.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1722
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3028912
Summary
Bibliographic description
312, 315-328, [10] p. ; 12mo. Running number: 7516. Provenance: manuscript inscription on fly-leaf facing title page: "Instructions" [i.e. title note and catalogue entry for anonymous works, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; single gilt fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; plain spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618), author Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG (1520-1598), author Enrico Caetani (1550 - 1599), author Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532 - 1590), author Eustache de Refuge (d.1617), author