The general history of the world, . being an abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh. With a continuation from the best historians to the present times. In four volumes.
Laurence Echard (c1670 - 1730)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3048320
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v.,plate . port.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol.: Erthig (anonymous armorial). manuscript inscriptions on front fly-leaf of vol. 1: "to the Revd", and "E libris Matw. Hutton".. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style panelled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges; gilt fillets, red title and green vol. no. labels on spines.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Laurence Echard (c1670 - 1730) Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)