The holy court . in five tomes. The first treating of motives, which should excite men of quality to Christian perfection: the second of the prelate, souldier, statesman and lady: the third of maxims of Christianity against prophaneness, divided into three parts, ...: the fourth containing the command of reason over the passions: the fifth containing the lives of the most famous and illustrious courtiers; taken both out of the Old and New Testament, and other modern authors. Written in French by Nicholas Caussin, translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others.
Nicolas Caussin (1583-1651)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3058114
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],720,717-841,[3],841-855,[17]p.. plate . ill.. . fol... Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: g/5. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding, double blind fillet border. Spine gilt. In book-shoe.
Makers and roles
Nicolas Caussin (1583-1651) Sir Thomas Hawkins (d.1640)