Letters written by Sir W. 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, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland.
Sir William Temple (1628-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3176847
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. (v.1: [12],520p.; v.2: [2],360p.). ill.. (port..). 8vo. Former shelfmark: S c 7 / Cup.d.24. Imperfect: vol. I only. Provenance: Eighteenth-century Chippendale armorial bookplate (Harpur impaling Manners), lettered "The Rt Honble Lady Caroline Harpur" [i.e. Caroline Harpur nee Manners (d. 1769), wife of Henry Harpur 5th Baronet (1708-1748)]. Pasted over an earlier bookplate, which appears to be lettered "Sir Henry Harpur". Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf, single gilt fillet forming a border, gilt gauffered edges. Five raised bands, gilt tooled spine. Spine label missing. Marbled endpapers. Edges dyed red.
Makers and roles
Sir William Temple (1628-1699) Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)