The memoirs and travels of Sir John Reresby, bart. : the former containing anecdotes, and secret history, of the courts of Charles II. and James II. The latter (now first published) exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states and courts of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation.
Reresby, John
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3250212
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 160, *159-*160, [1], 162-414, [32] p. ; 8vo. Pencil numbers on front free endpaper verso: "621/55" and "F43". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper: "Arthur Cunliffe / from his sincere friend / Thomas Thornhill / On his leaving Eton / Election 1854.". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; double gilt fillet to form an outer border on boards; five raised bands; gilt tooled spine; red morocco spine label, gilt lettered: 'Reresby's Travels'; gilt rolled board edges; blind rolled turn-ins; marbled textblock edges; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Reresby, John, author