The travels and memoirs of Sir John Reresby . ... the former ... exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation; the latter containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II.
Sir John Reresby (1634-1689)
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3086205
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii,160,159-414,[32] p., plates . ill..,ports.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Some plates hand-coloured. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Late nineteenth-century (?) armorial bookplate: Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale [(1857-1944), not found in Franks]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Lowther Castle. P/-/-. 5/47. [seat of Lowther family, Earls of Lonsdale]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full diced calf over boards; gilt roll-tools to form a border and inner border; gilt centrepiece stamp lettered "Lowther"; spine gilt with title 'Reresby's Travels and memoirs'.
Makers and roles
Sir John Reresby (1634-1689)