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
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3058115
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],720,717-841,[3],841-855,[17]p.. plate . ill.. . fol... Not indigenous. Imperfect: Added engraved title page wanting. Loosely inserted: Norris's typed catalogue notes, querying whether engraved title page should be present; his added red ink manuscript note concludes (wrongly) that it should not. Also loosely inserted: a small hand-coloured religious print on vellum, and clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance.. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf binding over boards; blind armorial centrepiece stamps of the Bagot family; blind fillets; red morocco spine label; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Nicolas Caussin (1583-1651) Sir Thomas Hawkins (d.1640)