The mirrour of true nobïlity & gentility. . Being the life of the renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk, Senator of the Parliament at Aix. Written by the learned Petrus Gassendus, professor of mathematicks to the King of France. Englished by W. Rand, Doctor of Physick.
Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)
Category
Books
Date
1657
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095644
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],216[i.e.206],296[i.e.286],[16]p., 1 leaf of plates . port.. . 8vo. Pagination: [22], 48, 59-216, [2], 64, 75-170, 169-296, [16] p., [1] leaf of plates. With an advertisement leaf ("Books printed for John Streater") following the epistle dedicatory, and a blank leaf (sig. O8) following p. 216 of first sequence. manuscript notes on contents on front fly-leaf. manuscript code on title page verso: "fx.h".. 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 inscriptions on title page: "J Hervey p-4s-0" [i.e. John, Lord Hervey (1696-1743)], and "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sheespkin binding; double blind fillet border, with double blind fillet parallel to spine edge; blind dotted roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind and gold-tooled calf. Red 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
Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) William Rand