Contes et nouvelles en vers, . par Monsieur de La Fontaine.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1721
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3004743
Summary
Bibliographic description
2t. . ill.. . 8vo.. manuscript shelfmark on front endpapers'Cicero Shelf. 1 Book. 18-19' [bust on current Kedleston case is not Cicero]. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear] - Eighteenth-century manuscript inscription on front endpapers: 'H: Molesworth'. - Eighteenth-century manuscript inscription on front endpaper: 'H: Gregor'. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf, edges sprinkled red, 5 raised bands, spine gilt-tooled, label wanting.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Romeyn de Hooghe (Amsterdam 1645 -1708)