Œuvres diverses de M. de La Fontaine.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1744
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3029428.4
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 4 ; 12mo. Provenance: armorial bookplate: The Honble. Charles Yorke [i.e. Charles Yorke (1722-1770), younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; Lord Chancellor, 1770]. Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf over boards on four recessed cords, gilt spine tooling, red and olive-green spine labels, remains of gilt roll on board edges, red painted edges. Eighteenth-century spine leather strip applied over the original leather spine.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695), author