The history of this iron age: . vvherein is set down the state of Europe, as it was in the year 1500. Also, the original, and causes of all the vvarres, and commotions, that have happened: ... Written originally by J. Parival, and now rendered into English, by B. Harris, Gent.
Jean-Nicolas de Parival (1605-1669)
Category
Books
Date
1656
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126930
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],294p., 13 plates . ports.. . fol.. Not indigenous. Imperfect: 7 plates wanting. Loosely inserted: clipping from dealer's catalogue, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Seventeenth-century inscriptions on flyleaves: 1. (twice, in two different hands): Thomas Timperley [i.e. either or both of: Sir Thomas Timperley (ca. 1584-1651) and his third son, Thomas Timperley (ca. 1617-1686), both of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk]. 2. Remange 3. L[ ] (illegible). Eighteenth-century inscription on title page: Sir H. B. - from Beckhall Nou. 16 1709 [Sir Henry Bedingfield, 3rd Baronet (d. 1760), of Oxburgh and Beckhall, Norfolk]. Late nineteenth-century seal armorial bookplate lettered Sir Henry Bedingfield of Oxburgh Bart. (Franks 2030) [i.e. probably Sir Henry George Paston-Bedingfield, 7th baronet (1830-1902)]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). On pastedown: Norris's pencil note "Lacks 7 plates". Binding: Seventeenth-century full calf over boards; blind fillets to form a border and quarter-fillet; rebacked in calf, also replacing large outer corner section of back cover; gilt spine title; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Jean-Nicolas de Parival (1605-1669) B. Harris