The memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon. on the reign of Louis XIV and the Regency.
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675-1755)
Category
Books
Date
1889
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3185345
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v. ;. 8vo. Vol. 3 has a folded printed leaflet laid in "'A' and 'B' Companies will attend the memorial service at Cuckfield Church on Saturday, February 2nd [1901]...". Also a manuscript battalion order dated 27th January 1901 "His Majesty the King commands that officers of the army shall wear mourning with their uniform on the present melancholy occasion ..."; a manuscript version of the Urgent Memorandum printed on the back of the first item, headed "Worthing, 27th Jany 1901" and continuing "The following qualifications, laid down by the War Office, for men volunteering for service in South Africa ...". Provenance: armorial bookplate, motto Dirigat deus, lettered “Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel” [i.e. Leonard Messel (1872-1953)] over earlier bookplate lettered L. Messel 1886
Makers and roles
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675-1755) Bayle St. John (1822-1859)