Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux. . Avec des éclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-meme.
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636-1711)
Category
Books
Date
1718
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3023652
Summary
Bibliographic description
2t., frontis., plates . ill.., port.. . 4to. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in both vols.: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. manuscript inscription on front pastedowns and title-pages: "M: Hervey" [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; gilt roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title label, and vol. no. and date stamps on spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636-1711) Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733)