Original letters from King William III.. then Prince of Orange, to King Charles II. Lord Arlington, &c. Translated. Together with an account of his reception at Middleburgh, and his speech upon that occasion.
King William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1650 - 1702)
Category
Books
Date
1704
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3256831
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],vii-xvi,123,[5]p. : ill.,port. ; 8vo. Running number: 1349. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript inscriptions by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys: on front endleaf: [1] "M." [i.e. catalogue code], [2] "α¹" [i.e. alpha¹ = Greek number 1¹; Mitchell's manuscript code]; on verso of second front endleaf: "Letters. [underlined]" [i.e. catalogue code and title note for anonymous works entered by Mitchell in his catalogue of Elly's library]. Eighteenth-century manuscript inscriptions on front pastedown: [1] "6.E.4"; [2] "J/Epis. 569". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled and plain calf over boards, blind tooled to a Cambridge panel design. Gilt dotted pattern along board edges (worn). Five raised bands; gilt tooled spine with impression of title label (wanting). Three supports laced in. Pastedown and endleaves at both ends. Brown sprinkled edges. Both boards detached.
Makers and roles
King William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1650 - 1702)