A discovery of new worlds ... from the French ... made English by A. Behn.
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 3006674
Summary
Bibliographic description
158p. . 18cm. [8vo].. Former shelfmarks Y.4.36 and 37, 141, 23 and 21. Seventeenth-century inscription “perfect” on second flyleaf; seventeenth-century inscription on second flyleaf, “Tho: Cattell” [i.e. Thomas Cattell (1690-1746)] (twice), eighteenth-century initials “A.L.” on second flyealf. Bound with Fontenelle, B. The History of oracles.. 1688. Errata leaf here bound after the preface. Title-page backed. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, four raised bands, re-backed (C19), titled “Discovery of the new worlds”, gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)