Letters written by Sir William Temple, Bart. and other ministers of state, both at home and abroad. Containing, an account of the most important transactions that pass'd in Christendom from 1665 to 1672. In two volumes. Review'd by Sir W. Temple sometime before his death: and published by Jonathan Swift domestick chaplain to his Excellency the Earl of Berkeley, on of the Lords Justices of Ireland.
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3149798.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1 ([12], 211, [1], 241-520, [2] p.) . port..; 8vo.. Provenance: inscriptions on front free endpaper: 'J. Talbot é Coll: Oriel March 22 1735' [i.e. John Ivory Talbot (1691?-1778)] & 'Davenport Talbot' [i.e. William Davenport Talbot (1764-1800)]. Binding: early eighteenth-century Cambridge style blind, panelled calf (alternating panels sprinkled); spine with four raised bands; brown leather, gilt lettered spine title label; 'Temple's Letters' plus volume number.
Makers and roles
Sir William Temple (1628-1699) David Jones (fl.1676-1720)