Familiar letters: . vol. I. Written by the Right Honourable, John, late Earl of Rochester, to the honourable Henry Savile, Esq; and other letters by persons of honour and quality. With letters written by the most ingenious Mr. Tho. Otway, and Mrs. K. Philips. Publish'd from their original copies. With modern letters by Tho. Cheek, Esq; Mr. Dennis, and Mr. Brown.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142149.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],223,[1]p. . 8vo.. Bound with Rochester's Familiar Letters vol. II. (London 1697). Provenance: 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: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; blind fillet border and double panel; four raised bands; spine blind ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "Familiar Letters".
Makers and roles
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680) Thomas Brown (1663-1704) Thomas Cheek John Dennis (1657-1734) Thomas Otway (1652-1685) Katherine Philips (1631-1664)