Contemplations moral and divine
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3069063
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: 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 inscriptions on front fly-leaf and title page: "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. Marbled 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
Sir Matthew Hale (1609-1676)