Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. . Containing the history of the life and reign of that monarch, and his own administration under him. Translated from the French. To which is added, the tryal of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. In six volumes. The fourth edition. ...
Pierre Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges (1716-1783)
Category
Books
Date
1763
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038948
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v. . ill.., ports.. . 12mo.. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 634.. Provenance: Book label in each vol: C. Myddelton Biddulph [i.e. Charlotte Myddelton Biddulph (1770-1843)]; post-1801. manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of each vol: "Anne Myddelton".. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillets on spines (title and vol. no. labels mostly missing).
Makers and roles
Pierre Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges (1716-1783) Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Barbara Charlotte Ramsay, Mrs Alexander Lennox (1729-1804)