Accession number
PML 43552
Published
A La Haye : Chez A. Vlacq, 1660.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Sinclair Hamilton, March 1952.
Notes
Errors in pagination: 20 for 24, 22 for 26, ...
An English version, by Sir William Lower, and a Dutch version were issued by A. Vlacq in the same year. According to Brunet (Suppl.) the Dutch version contained the first proofs of the engraved plates.
Frontispiece: Unsigned engraved port. of Charles II.
Engraved title-vignette, the head-piece of p. 1 and the plates contain coats of arms of Charles II.
An English version, by Sir William Lower, and a Dutch version were issued by A. Vlacq in the same year. According to Brunet (Suppl.) the Dutch version contained the first proofs of the engraved plates.
Frontispiece: Unsigned engraved port. of Charles II.
Engraved title-vignette, the head-piece of p. 1 and the plates contain coats of arms of Charles II.
Description
[4], 108 p. 7 fold. plates (incl. ports.) 40 cm
Provenance
Written on t.p., "J. Evelyn Durate", the autograph signature and motto ("Durate" taken from the family arms) of John Evelyn Jr. (1654-1699), the Diarist's third son (see Keynes. "John Evelyn," p. 282); armorial stamp of a Scandinavian owner on verso of t.p.; the armorial exlibris of Sinclair Hamilton.
Binding
Dark green morocco by Riviere & Son.
Classification
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