Les oeuures diuerses de Monsieur de Cyrano Bergerac.
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655
Category
Books
Date
1661
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106700
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],191,[1];344,[4];[2],152,[2]p. . 12mo.. Former shelfmarks: Mm/6 (in pencil), Ll.2.35 (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]. manuscript inscription on title page: "J Somers" [i.e. John, Lord Somers (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor, whose niece Margaret was married to Philip Yorke, later 1st Earl of Hardwicke. On his death Lord Somers left Philip Yorke half of his collection of books].. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with red gilt title label.
Makers and roles
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655