Almanach royal
Category
Books
Date
1700 - 1792
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3059833
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. ;. 8vo. Former acc. no. 2840. Holdings: 1778. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France. 1897 Waddesdon catalogue. p.1. Binding: contemporary mosaic binding of red morocco with onlays of green morocco and much silver ornamentation on a puce ground under mica. Arms of Marie-Antoinette painted on a white ground under mica in the centre of both covers. Gilt edges, green watered silk endleaves, original pale green silk bookmarkers. Attributed to Nicolas-Denis Derome.