Nevv epistles of Mounsieur de Balzac. . Translated out of French into English, by Sr. Richard Baker Knight. Being the second and third volumes.
Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de Balzac (1597 - 1654)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3117999
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 232, 270, [2]p. . 8vo.. Loose insert with French text written in ink beginning "Ceux qui se louent eux memes desirent qu'on dise et pense comme eux ... ". Provenance: Seventeenth-century manuscript inscription: "Patience Curzon" [either Patience Crewe (d. 1642) the wife of Sir John Curzon 1st Bt (1598-1686), or their daughter]; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; blind fillet border; recessed cords; spine label gilt lettered: "Balzac's Letters".
Makers and roles
Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de Balzac (1597 - 1654) Sir Richard Baker (1568 - 1645) William Marshall (fl.1617-1650)