Mercurius reformatus: or The new observator. . Containing reflexions upon the most remarkable events, falling out from time to time in Europe, and more particularly in England. ...
James Welwood (Dunfermline 1652 - London 1727)
Category
Books
Date
1689
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094991.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
121v. . 1/2o.. Individual issues with collective title pages, half-titles and added prefatory material, bound in 1 vol. Imperfect: wanting no. 30 (vol. 5), no. 5 (vol. 6), and all after no. 7 (vol. 6). Bound with: "An appendix to Mercurius reformatus: or The new observator" (1692).. Provenance: 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: Twentieth-century quarter-bound sprinkled calf, with brown cloth over boards. Red gilt morocco title label on spine. Binder's ink-stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall & Son Northampton'.
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 Welwood (Dunfermline 1652 - London 1727)