The free-holders grand inquest, touching our sovereign lord the King and his Parliament. . To which are added Observations upon forms of government. Together with Directions for obedience to governours in dangerous and doubtful times. By the learned Sir Robert Filmer, Knight.
Sir Robert Filmer (d.1653)
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3050695.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],88,[12],89-164,[8],165-236,[6],237-292,[2],293-346p. . port.. . 8vo. Bound with: Filmer, Robert. "Patriarcha" (1680).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in first bound-in item: 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 red 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: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind roll pattern along spine edge; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. 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
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