Book
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681)
Category
Books
Date
1675
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038888
Summary
Bound volume of "The government of the tongue" (1675) and "The art of contentment" (1675) 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 sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681), author