De la vérité : entant qu'elle est distincte de la revelation, du vray-senblable, du possible & du faux. / Cet œuvre a esté composé par monsieur Edouard Herbert baron de Cherbury en Angleterre, & du Château de l'Isle de Kerry en Irlande, & pair de ces deux royaumes. Et a esté dedié au lecteur d'un iugement entier & candide. Reveu & augmenté par le mesme auteur
Book
1639 (published)
1639 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
[8], 318, [4] p.
Title and text printed within border of rules.
With woodcut initial and tail-piece.
Quarto format.
Watermark: Grapes.
Errata list on final two leaves.
Library's copy bound in England about 1639 in red morocco. Covers panelled in gold with a broad frame of ornaments (including parrots and canopies) and corner ornaments incorporating an angel's head. With the cartouche armorial crest of the author, Lord Herbert of Chirbury, stamped in gold at the centres. Spine tooled in gold with parrots and a bird (undetermined). Covers pierced for ties (no longer extant). Gilt edges; headbands.
Title and text printed within border of rules.
With woodcut initial and tail-piece.
Quarto format.
Watermark: Grapes.
Errata list on final two leaves.
Library's copy bound in England about 1639 in red morocco. Covers panelled in gold with a broad frame of ornaments (including parrots and canopies) and corner ornaments incorporating an angel's head. With the cartouche armorial crest of the author, Lord Herbert of Chirbury, stamped in gold at the centres. Spine tooled in gold with parrots and a bird (undetermined). Covers pierced for ties (no longer extant). Gilt edges; headbands.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | De la vérité : entant qu'elle est distincte de la revelation, du vray-senblable, du possible & du faux. / Cet œuvre a esté composé par monsieur Edouard Herbert baron de Cherbury en Angleterre, & du Château de l'Isle de Kerry en Irlande, & pair de ces deux royaumes. Et a esté dedié au lecteur d'un iugement entier & candide. Reveu & augmenté par le mesme auteur (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | De la vérité |
| Physical description | [8], 318, [4] p. Title and text printed within border of rules. With woodcut initial and tail-piece. Quarto format. Watermark: Grapes. Errata list on final two leaves. Library's copy bound in England about 1639 in red morocco. Covers panelled in gold with a broad frame of ornaments (including parrots and canopies) and corner ornaments incorporating an angel's head. With the cartouche armorial crest of the author, Lord Herbert of Chirbury, stamped in gold at the centres. Spine tooled in gold with parrots and a bird (undetermined). Covers pierced for ties (no longer extant). Gilt edges; headbands. |
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| Object history | Monotint woodcut bookplate of Edwin Wilkins Field of Hampstead. Copy donated by Henry John Beresford Clements in 1940. |
| Other number | CLE CC8 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041800126385 |
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| Record created | August 22, 2017 |
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