Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. . from the French of M. Fauvelet de Bourienne. by John S. Memes...
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (1769-1834)
Category
Books
Date
1830
Materials
Measurements
147 x 97 x 25 mm
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 3039873.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: Wove mould-made (?) paper Ink/Pigment: black printing inkType: BOUND BOOKBinding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports & hollowDate of Binding: Contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: A single fold of marbled paper, tipped with the first two leaves of a double fold of plain wove. The sewing is unusual in that it does not correspond with the sewing supportsStructure: 2-on on 3 recessed cordsEdges: Plain cut and polished. Possibly originally coloured yellow Spine Lining: paper hollow tubeEnd Bands: Stuck-on folded purple textile over cord Bookmark: noneBoards: rope fibre Covering: tanned tan-coloured calfTooling Spine: gilt panelled spineTooling Sides: gilt roll board border, gilt hatched ends to board edges Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
v1... 8vo.. Russia leather, gold tooled frame on boards, spine, speckled edges. Provenance: Bookplate - Earl of Morley.
Provenance
Included in the List of Books situated at Saltram, offered to H.M.Treasury in part payment of death Duties by the Executors of Robert Edmund Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley.
Makers and roles
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (1769-1834) John Smythe Memes