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Salomon Gessner (Zurich 1730-1788)
Category
Books
Date
1777
Materials
Place of origin
Zurich
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3030456
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 4to. 2 vols. bound in 1. Pencil “301/” on front pastedown. Ephemera: Small piece of waste paper placed between the plate of Daphnis and Chloe and p. [5] of vol. 2, possibly as a bookmark. Provenance: No marks of provenance. Binding: Eighteenth-century diced calf over boards, gilt spine tooling and titling, gilt Greek key border roll on covers, single gilt fillet on board edges, twisted rope roll tool on board inners, yellow painted edges, pale blue silk bookmark (faded at foot).
Makers and roles
Salomon Gessner (Zurich 1730-1788)