Female falshood: or, The life and adventures of a late French nobleman. . Written by himself after his retirement, and digested by Mons. de St. Evremond. In two volumes. The third edition, revised and corrected. ...
Pierre de Villiers (1648-1728)
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095144
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 12mo.. Vol. 2 bound with "Books lately printed for and sold by J. Walthoe, junr" ([London, 1725?]).. 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: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with title, vol. no. and date stamped in gilt on spines.
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
Pierre de Villiers (1648-1728) Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Evremond (1613-1703