Essais historiques sur Paris,. de Monsieur de Santfoix.
Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix (1698-1776)
Category
Books
Date
1766
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3077503
Summary
Bibliographic description
Quatrième édition, revue, corrigée, & augmentée.. 5 v., plate :. port. ;. 12mo. Accession no. 4235.1-5. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Comtesse du Barry; book label of H. Destailleur, sale 1894, lot 29, cutting kept with volume, bought by Morgand et Fatout for 1050 francs and sold to Baron Ferdinand for 1000 francs + 15% commission; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.79. Binding: eighteenth-century French red morocco with the arms of Madame du Barry. Flat spine gilt, olive and light brown lettering-pieces, yellow headbands, green silk marker, edges gilt, gold star and small square on white endleaves. Bound by Louis Redon according to the bill mentioning this book published by Le Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) in his Curiosités de l'histoire des arts (Paris, 1858).
Makers and roles
Germain-François Poullain de Saint-Foix (1698-1776)