Maximes. English & French
François Alexandre Frédéric, Duke de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt (1747-1827)
Category
Books
Date
1907
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3053360
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 209, [1] p. ; 17 cm. Pencil text marking, with final endpaper annotation and page references. Provenance: blue ink endpaper inscription: Vita Sackville-West. Binding: twentieth-century purple morocco, with art-nouveau style gold decoration on upper boards, spine and turn-ins, & triple gold fillet border on lower board; five false bands; gold lettered spine; marbled endpapers. Gold lettered on upper turn-in: Hatchards 187 Piccadilly. Spine and upper board discoloured and blemished.
Makers and roles
François Alexandre Frédéric, Duke de La Rochefoucauld Liancourt (1747-1827) François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (1613-1680)