Journal de Monsieur le Cardinal Duc de Richelieu. . Qu'il a fait durant le grand orage de la cour és années 1630. & 1631. Tiré des memoires écrits de sa main. Auec diuerses autres pieces remarquables, concernant les affaires arriuées de son temps. Diuisé en deux parties. ...
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Category
Books
Date
1652
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094959
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 12mo.. Vol. 1 imperfect: wanting title page and possibly other preliminary leaves.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on title page: "John & Isabella" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) and his first wife Isabella (1670-1693)]. Armorial bookplate on vol. 2 title page verso: 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 bindings. Both vols. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title and vol. no. labels. Marbled 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
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) Henri Coiffier Ruz d'Effiat, marquis de Cinq-Mars (1620-1642) François-Auguste de Thou (1607-1642)