Charles Sackville 1643-1706

Charles SACKVILLE, 6th Earl of Dorset 1643-1706

One of the bookplates of Charles Sackville (British Museum, Franks Collection *30)

Biographical Note

Politician, poet and literary patron.

Characteristic Markings

Used engraved armorial bookplates made ca.1700, Franks 25914-5/*30-31.

Sources

• Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903. 25914-5.
• Lee, B. N. British bookplates: a pictorial history. Newton Abbot, 1979 , 28.
• Love, Harold. "Sackville, Charles, sixth earl of Dorset and first earl of Middlesex (1643–1706), poet and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.