Select letters, to the Prince of Orange (now King of England,) King Charles the IId. and the Earl of Arlington, upon important subjects.
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1701
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3159152
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 216, [4] p. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century Chippendale Harpur armorial bookplate: "The Rt. Hon. Lady Caroline Harpur" [i.e. Caroline Manners (d. 1769), m. (1): 1734 to Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet (1708-1748); (2): 1753 to Sir Robert Burdett (1716-1797)]. Bottom of bookplate scraped away to reveal plate beneath, with ink manuscript: Car. Burde[tt]. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; gilt fillet border; gilt tooled spine and board edges; five raised bands; marbled endpapers; gilt lettered spine-label: Temp Lett Vol. 3.
Makers and roles
Sir William Temple (1628-1699) Thomas Bennet, [bookseller]