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Jacques Rigaud (Marseilles 1681 - Paris 1754)
Category
Books
Date
1770
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3077485
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.;. fol. Accession no. 3240. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: stamped 'Ex libris Corrard de Trecensis'. Red stamp of Ferdinand-Philippe, duc d'Orléans (d.1842); black stamp of King Louis-Philippe, Bibliotheque du roi (Neuilly), sale 1852, lot 922. Bookplate of H. Destailleur, sale 1894, lot 176, cutting kept within volume, bought by Morgand et Fatout for 683.55 francs and sold to Baron Ferdinand for 651 francs plus 15% commission; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.77. Binding: contemporary French patterned calf; gilt spine with flower tool, green lettering-piece entitled 'Les/Vues/de/Paris'. Marbled edges, French curl-marbled endleaves.
Makers and roles
Jacques Rigaud (Marseilles 1681 - Paris 1754)