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The mirror of fortune, or, The true characters of fate and destiny : wherein is treated of the growth and fall of empires, the destruction of famous cities, the misfortunes of kings and other great men and the ill fate of virtuous and handsome ladies : whereunto is added moral, politick, and natural reflections upon several subjects

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Type of record: Book

Title: The mirror of fortune, or, The true characters of fate and destiny : wherein is treated of the growth and fall of empires, the destruction of famous cities, the misfortunes of kings and other great men and the ill fate of virtuous and handsome ladies : whereunto is added moral, politick, and natural reflections upon several subjects

Other titles: Tableau de la fortune; The true characters of fate and destiny

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt/CHE

Creator(s): Chevreau, Urbain (1613-1701)

Additional creator(s): Decoisnon, Daniel (Other)

Related people: Decoisnon, Daniel

Publisher: Printed by T.N. and are to be sold by Sam. Lowndes

Publication city: [London]In the Savoy]

Date(s): 1676

Language: English

Size and medium: [14], 326 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/273425

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991018442299705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

X4 mis-signed X2.


Bookseller's list [2pp] at end.


Title-page printed in black and red.


Licensed Nov.10, 1675.


Wing C3802.

Additional description

Flawed paper, pp.83-84 text on p.194 slightly affected by hole punched out by signature on p.193, and consequent folding over of paper piece torn from margin of pp.241-242. Contemporary signature, J. [?] Grosvenor , on title-page. Armorial bookplate (18th century?) of Sir Richard Grosvenor, bart., of Eaton, Cheshire pasted inside front cover

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