The fundamental laws and constitutions of seven potent kingdoms and states in Europe, . viz. Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, England, Holland, and Swisserland. Whereby may be seen how one of those nations lost its liberties, and how the others have preserved them, or bravely recovered them. With an appendix, ... Collected by J. T. Philipps, ...
Jenkin Thomas Philipps (d.1755)
Category
Books
Date
1752
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106618
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii,[4],427,[1]p. . 8vo.. Imperfect: wanting [4] p. before start of main text. Former shelfmarks: Tt.9 (in pencil), Tt.2.50 (ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll pattern border featuring insects (snail, butterfly, beetle, dragonfly, grasshopper, bee, and others), with gilt floral cornerpiece stamps; gilt centrepiece made with repeated small tools (including crown and bird). Gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Jenkin Thomas Philipps (d.1755)