Of wisdom. Three books. Written originally in French, by the Sieur de Charron. With an account of the author. Made English by George Stanhope, D.D. ... Corrected and enlarged by the author a little before his death.
Pierre Charron (1541-1603)
Category
Books
Date
1697
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3218124
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ([64],516; [6],vi,[4],616,609-708p, plate) : ill. ; 8vo. Imperfect: vol. 2 (Books 2 & 3) only. Accompanied by vol. 1 in the 1707 2nd edition. Also wants all prelims. apart from titlepage and preface (including added engraved tp. and unnumbered contents pages). Old Lyme Park library shelfmark label: Case G. Shelf 3. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate: 'Lyme', signed 'J. F. Badeley. fecit 1904' [i.e. Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; rebacked. Nineteenth-century gilt ram's head crest stamped on spine [i.e. a Legh family book].
Makers and roles
Pierre Charron (1541-1603) George Stanhope (1660-1728)