De l'eloquence francoise, et des raisons pourquoy elle est demeuree si bass.
Guillaume Du Vair (1556-1621)
Category
Books
Date
1606
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092771
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 438 p. . 8vo.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Occasional marginal marks in red pencil.. Provenance: Seventeenth century gold tooled centrepiece binding; ties (renewed); rebacked.
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
Guillaume Du Vair (1556-1621) Demosthenes (384 - 322 BCE) Aeschines (c.390 - c.330 BCE) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Appius Claudius