Letters and correspondence, public and private, of the Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Visc. Bolingbroke;. during the time he was Secretary of State to Queen Anne; with state papers, explanatory notes, and a translation of the foreign letters, &c. By Gilbert Parke, ...
Sir Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220080
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v.. 8vo. MS shelfmark on front flyleaves: 1.D. Provenance: Nineteenth-century cipher bookplate, surmounted by a countess's coronet: FL [i.e.: Lady Frances Pratt (c.1751-1833), second wife of Robert Stewart (1739-1821), after her assumption of the title Countess in 1796)]. MS inscription on front flyleaf of vol. 1: F. of Londonderry the gift of her friend Lord Landsdowne [i.e.: A gift from William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), to Lady Frances Pratt (c.1751-1833), second wife of Robert Stewart (1739-1821)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half red morocco; spotted gilt paper over boards; spine direct-lettered in gilt: Bolingbroke's letters.
Makers and roles
Sir Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751) Gilbert Parke (1759-1824)