Familiar letters: . vol. II. Containing thirty six letters by the Right Honourable, John, late Earl of Rochester. Printed from his original papers. With letters and speeches, by the late Duke of Buckingham, the Honble Henry Saville, Esq; Sir Geo. Etheridge, to several persons of honour. And letters by several eminent hands.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3142149.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],223,[1]p. . 8vo.. Bound with Rochester's Familiar Letters vol. I. (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) George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628 - 1687) Sir George Etherege (1635-1691) Charles Gildon (1665-1724) Henry Savile (1642-1687)