Menagiana, ou Bons mots, rencontres agreables, pensées judicieuses, et observations curieuses,
Giles Ménage (1613-1692)
Category
Books
Date
1713 - 1716
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3214377
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v.; 12mo. Vols 1 and 3 apparently wanting titles and prelims. Former eighteenth-century shelfmark: '96' in all volumes. 'Springhill' in pencil to flyleaves/inside boards. Provenance: First leaf of printed text in each volume inscribed: "Harriett Staples" [i.e. Henrietta Staples, née Molesworth (1745-1812)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half speckled goatskin and marbled paper over boards, flat spines ruled gilt, red labels (preserved in only vols 1 and 4.). Marbled paper lost from v. 1, heads and tails of spines damaged, corner leathers largely lost.
Makers and roles
Giles Ménage (1613-1692) Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728)