L'histoire de la decadence de l'empire grec, et establissement de celuy des turcs,
Demetrius Chalcocondylas (1423-1511)
Category
Books
Date
1612
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092882
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. [22], 531, [29], 96; 97-1114, [50], 114, [4] p., [1] inserted leaf, [1] fold. leaf of plates . ill.., plan . fol... Provenance: manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. manuscript inscription: Sr Wm Hervey price 20s/ [i.e. Sir William Hervey (1585 or 6-1660)]. Large armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)].. Binding: Early seventeenth century French? gold tooled soft leather binding; oval foliage centrepiece; 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
Demetrius Chalcocondylas (1423-1511) Thomas Artus, sieur d'Embry Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596)