Sylua sylvarum: or A naturall historie. In ten centuries. . Written by the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam Viscount St. Alban. Published after the authors death, by William Rawley Doctor of Diuinitie, late his Lordships chaplaine.
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626)
Category
Books
Date
1627
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3135050
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14], 258, [12], 44 p. . port.. . fol.. Pencil marks on front endpapers, and ink ones on rear endpapers, manuscript note in ink on title page, pencil note about the book on flyleaf, describing it as "very scarce". Provenance: On free endpaper manuscript inscription: Carr Hervey [i.e. Carr, Lord Hervey (1691-1723)], on engraved title page manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)], on pastedown Large armorial bookplate: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey Created Baron of Ickworth ... 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Binding: Seventeenth century? full leather, double blind fillet to form border, sewn onto five raised bands, lettered direct on spine, label at top of spine with manuscript "6".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (1561 - 1626) Thomas Cecil (fl.1630) William Rawley (1588-1667)