The politicks of France.
Paul Hay Marquis Du Chastelet (b.c.1630)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106634
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],196;[6],99,[3]p. . 12mo.. Initial leaf A1 mis-bound after A4. Foot of divisional title page cut out. Former shelfmarks: Ll.8 (in pencil), P.7.33 (black ink), Ll.5.18 (ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [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]. manuscript inscription on title page: "J Somers" [i.e. John, Lord Somers, Lord Chancellor (1651-1716), whose niece Margaret was married to Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. On his death Lord Somers left Philip Yorke half of his collection of books].. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with quarter double blind fillet; gilt roll on board edges. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
Paul Hay Marquis Du Chastelet (b.c.1630) Peter Du Moulin (1601-1684)