Memoires pour l'histoire du Cardinal Duc de Richelieu. . Recueillis par le sieur Aubery, ...
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Category
Books
Date
1667
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3052292
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. . 12mo.. Imperfect: vols. 1-2 and 5 only.. Provenance: Armorial bookplates in each vol: John Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esqr. 1698. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)], and 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)]. manuscript inscription on title pages: "John & Isabella" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) and his first wife Isabella (1670-1693)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil in vol. 1; 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 bindings; blind roll on board edges. Each vol. rebacked in gold-tooled calf. Red and brown 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
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) Antoine Aubery (1616-1695)