Recueil des voyages qui ont servi a l'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, . formée dans les Provinces Unies des païs-bas.
René-Auguste-Constantin de Renneville (1650-1723)
Category
Books
Date
1702
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094875
Summary
Bibliographic description
[42],502,505-688p., [15] leaves of plates (14 folded) . ill.. . 12mo.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on front fly-leaf: John Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esqr. 1698 [i.e. John Hervey,later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding. Rebacked in calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
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
René-Auguste-Constantin de Renneville (1650-1723) Isaak Commelin