Le mercure françois, ou, La suitte de l'histoire de la paix. . Commençant l'an M.DC.V. pour suitte du Septenaire du D. Cayer, & finissant au Sacre du tres-Chrestien Roy de France & de Nauarre Loys XIII.
Pierre-Victor Palma-Cayet (1525-1610)
Category
Books
Date
1611 - 1648
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095469.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 . ill.., geneal. table, maps, plans . 8vo. Imperfect: vols. 1 and 2 only. manuscript bibliographic note on this work in pencil on vol. 2 front fly-leaf.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of both vols: "Elizabeth Countess of Bristol her book 1738" [i.e. Elizabeth Felton, Countess of Bristol (1676-1741)]. Manuscript inscription on title page of both vols: "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Manuscript inscription on vol. 1 title page: "Sr Wm Hervey price. 10s./" [i.e. Sir William Hervey (1585 or 6-1660)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century brown goatskin bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; gilt fronded wreath centrepiece stamp on boards; gilt roll patterns on board edges; gold-tooled spines. Identical binding on 2.B.3.25.
Makers and roles
Pierre-Victor Palma-Cayet (1525-1610) Théophraste Renaudot (1584-1653) Estienne Richer Jean Richer Olivier de Varennes