Œuvres choisies de Don François de Quévédo.. Traduites de l'Espagnol en trois parties. Contenant le Fin-Matois (ou Histoire du Grand-Taquin ... avec des notes historiques & politiques, les Lettres du Chevalier de l'épargne, la Lettre sur les Qualités d'un Mariage.
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645).
Category
Books
Date
1776
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3075835
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 parts in 1 vol.;. 12mo. Accession no. 4347.3. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: contemporary owner unknown, but the collection of 85 volumes appears in the Paris auction of the books of R.S. Turner [connoisseur of French books [(1818-1887)]. Baron Ferdinand acquired 78of these volumes from Morgand et Fatout from 1888 onwards. Binding: bound uniform with other works by La Bretonne. General description as follows: in slightly coarse red morocco with triple fillet around boards. Flat spine, gilt, with citron lettering- and numeration- pieces. Spine panels bear a flower between six stars and the pallet at the foot portrays a bird among stylised foliage. The markers and headbands are light blue and the turn-in roll (double chevron and triangular leaf shape) identical throughout the set. Leaf edges burnished with a metallic reflection, cap of leather over the headbands hatched. Endleaves mostly of leaf marble, but some volumes have a herringbone pattern. Almost every volume has been patched at top or bottom of spine with leather of a different colour.
Makers and roles
Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas (1580-1645). Restif de La Bretonne, 1734-1806