Idylles. par Mr. Berquin.
Arnaud Berquin (1747-1791)
Category
Books
Date
1775
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3087271
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(vi,[2],55,[1]p.; [4],67,[1]p.), plates. ill... (engr.). 12mo. Former acc. no. 4699. Two parts in one. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: effaced inscription on verso of first flyleaf "Sophie Gardener the gift of Charles Boddam jnr". Bookplate of Louis de Bourbon, Conte di Aquila (1824-1897). Comte Octave de Béhague; sold in Paris sale in 1880; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.6. Binding: late eighteenth-century French red straight-grained morocco gilt; Greek key border and border of flowers and ribbons on inside cover. Flat spine lettered directly. Red, white and green headbands, green silk marker, gilt edges.
Makers and roles
Arnaud Berquin (1747-1791)