An account of Poland. . Containing, a geographical description of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and the wars they have been engag'd in; the constitution of that government; particularly the manner of electing and crowning their king; his power and prerogatives: with a brief history of the Tartars. By Monsieur Hauteville, who resided about 25 years in that kingdom. To which is added, a chronology of the Polish kings; the abdication of King John Casimir; and the rise and progress of Socinianisme. Likewise a relation of the chief passages during the last interregnum; and the election and coronation of the new King Frederic Augustus. The whole comprehending whatsoever is curious and worthy of remark in the former and present state of Poland.
Gaspard de Tende, Sieur de Lestang (1618-1697)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3050829
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],300,[2]p. . 8vo.. Former shelfmark: Ff.1.28. Provenance: p Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, blind-panelled, gold-decorated spine, red spine-label, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
Gaspard de Tende, Sieur de Lestang (1618-1697)