Description historique du royaume de Macaçar :. divisée en trois livres.
Gervaise, Nicolas, 1662-1729
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237119
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 326 p. ;. 12mo. Accession no. 4619. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Françoise d'Aubigné (1635-1719), marquise de Maintenon, and morganatic wife of Louis XIV; manuscript note on flyleaf dated 1825 by J.-J. Debure; Potier (sale 1853, lot 1629); Comte de Lignerolles; L. Techener; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.29. Binding: contemporary French red morocco gilt, spine lettered directly and with crowned lion in five panels and the pallet; pink and black headbands; green silk marker; edges gilt over marble; doublure of blue morocco with arms of Madame de Maintenon; multi-coloured mountain-style paste paper for free endleaf.
Makers and roles
Gervaise, Nicolas, 1662-1729