Les lettres de messire Roger de Rabutin Comte de Bussy, ...
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy (1618-1693)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3060246.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1 of 4 . 12mo.. Imprint reads: "Chez Florentin Delaulne, .". Shelved and uniform with vols. 5-7 of "Nouvelles lettres de Messire Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy" (Paris: widow of Delaulne, 1727).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in each vol: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. manuscript inscription on front pastedowns and title pages: "M: Hervey" [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Occasional manuscript marginal notes [by Mary Lepel].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings. Each vol. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title, vol. no. and date stamped on spines.
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
Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy (1618-1693)