Constitutions des treize États-Unis de l'Amérique.
La Rochefoucauld-d'Enville, Louis-Alexandre, duc de, 1743-1792
Category
Books
Date
1783
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3059838
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 540 p. ;. 26 cm (4to) Former acc. no. 5509. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.15. Provenance: Benjamin Franklinl Comte de Vergennes; Marie-Adélaide de France; Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France; Comte de Mosbourg (sale, Paris, 6 February 1893, lot 38, 1,255 francs); Morgand et Fatout (stock no. 12894). Binding: contemporary French red morocco gilt, with arms altered on both covers. Fleurs-de-lys on top corners, crowned dolphins on lower corners and two panels of spine. Green label, red and white headbands, gilt edges, blue endpapers. 261 x 200 mm. Binding commissioned by Benjamin Franklin.
Makers and roles
La Rochefoucauld-d'Enville, Louis-Alexandre, duc de, 1743-1792 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) United States. Continental Congress United States United States