A plurality of worlds. . Written in French by the author of the Dialogues of the dead. Translated into English by Mr. Glanvill.
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],152p. . 8vo. Manuscript price on title page: "prt: 0l-1s-0d".. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: Alexander Popham. 1798. Middle Temple. This has been pasted over an earlier Chippendale plate of Alexander Popham. Manuscript inscription on title page: "Richard Pagett". Manuscript inscription on rear pastedown: "Richard Pagett Aet: Bacc: e Coll: Om: animarus Oxon".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title stamp.
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
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) John Glanvill (1664-1735)