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
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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