The works of Francis Osborn, Esq; divine. Moral. Historical. Political. In four several tracts. Viz. 1. Advice to a son, in two parts. 2. Political reflections on the government of the Turks, &c. 3. Memoires on Q. Elizabeth and K. James. 4. A miscellany of essays, paradoxes, problematical discourses, letters, characters, &c.
Francis Osborne (1593-1659)
Category
Books
Date
1682
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3044100
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],628p . 8vo.. 2 copies.. Provenance: Copy at 2.C.4.2: manuscript inscription on title page: "John & Isabella" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) and his first wife Isabella (1670-1693)]. Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702 [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. 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: Copy at 2.C.4.1: seventeenth-century calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamp on spine. Red sprinkled edges. Copy at 2.C.4.2: seventeenth-century calf binding (most of surface worn away). Rebacked in blind-tooled reversed calf, with gilt morocco title label. 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
Francis Osborne (1593-1659)