Les caracteres de Theophraste . traduits du grec, avec Les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle.
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3036563
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],30,49-60;108,169-460;xxix,[3];22p. . 12mo.. 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]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; blind fillet border and double panel; five raised bands; spine blind ruled and spine label gilt lettered: "La Bruyeres Characters".
Makers and roles
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696) Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC) Pierre Jacques Brillon