Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz. . Containing the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions at the French court during the administration of Cardinal Mazarin, ... To which are added some other pieces written by the Cardinal de Retz, or explanatory to these memoirs. In four volumes. Translated from the French. With notes. ...
Jean François Paul de Gondi Cardinal de Retz (1613-1679).
Category
Books
Date
1723
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106674
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. . port.. . 12mo.. Former shelfmarks: Ll/7 (in pencil), Ll.6.2-5 (blue 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].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border, with gilt fleur-de-lys cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red gilt title and black gilt vol. no. labels. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Jean François Paul de Gondi Cardinal de Retz (1613-1679). Peter Davall