Miscellanies by the Right Noble Lord, the late Lord Marquess of Halifax. . Viz. I. Advice to a daughter. II. The character of a trimmer. III. The anatomy of an equivalent. IV. A letter to a dissenter. V. Cautions for choice of Parliament men. VI. A rough draught of a new model at sea. VI. Maxims of state, &c.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, FRS, MP (1633-1695).
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3150208
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 21, [1], 84, [6], 97, [1], 42, [2], 30, [2], 44, [2], 21, [3], 6, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates.: ill. ; 8vo. Thus wanting 16 p. sequence. Earlier shelfmark label: Case L Shelf 2 [i.e. a Lyme Park book]. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate on rear pastedown: Lyme. Signed J.F. Badeley fecit 1904. [i.e.: Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). Binding: sprinkled calf, rebacked, red spine label: Halifax’s Miscellanies, gilt ram’s head stamped on spine, [i.e. a Legh family book].
Makers and roles
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, FRS, MP (1633-1695). Elkanah Settle (1648-1724) Elkanah Settle (1648-1724)