Book
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681)
Category
Books
Date
1687 - 1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038558
Summary
Bound volume of "The gentleman's calling" (1687) and "The ladies calling" (1693) by Richard Allestree (1619-1681)
Bibliographic description
Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 618.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Seventeenth-century blind panelled sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; blind filelts and rolls on spine.
Makers and roles
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681), author