Truth defended, and boldness in error rebuk'd: . or, a vindication of those Christian commentators, who have expounded some prophecies of the Messias not to be meant only of Him. Being a confutation of part of Mr. Whiston's book, entituled, The accomplishment of Scripture-prophecies; ... By Nicholas Clagett, ...
Nicholas Clagett (1654-1727)
Category
Books
Date
1710
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095082
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xxvi,[2],lxxv,[1],324p. . 8vo. Author's presentation copy.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate on 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)]. Manuscript inscription in hand of John Hervey (1665-1751) on title page: "Given me by ye worthy author 16 may 1710". 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; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled 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
Nicholas Clagett (1654-1727)