Testament politique d'Armand du Plessis, cardinal duc de Richelieu, . pair et grand amiral [sic] de France, premier ministre du Conseil d'Etat sous le régne de Loüis XIII. ...
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094983
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],282,[2];192p. . 12mo.. Wanting initial blank leaf.. 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)]. 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)]. 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: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red gilt title label.
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) Paul Hay Marquise Du Chastelet (b.1630)