Epistolae Ho-elianae. . Familiar letters, domestic and forren. [sic] Divided into four books, partly historical, political, philosophicall, upon emergent occasions. By James Howell Esq; one of the clerks of his late Maties [sic] most honble. Privy Councell.
James Howell (1594?-1666)
Category
Books
Date
1678
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094861
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],496,501-510,[22]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting engraved title page and plate.. 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)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine.
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
James Howell (1594?-1666)