A series of lithographic drawings illustrative of the relation between human physiognomy and that of the brute creation. . From designs by Charles Le Brun: with remarks on the system.
Jacques Guillaume Legrand (1743-1807)
Category
Books
Date
1827
Materials
Measurements
610 x 485 x 27 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3089842
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade wove paper and one india-paper print Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: tipped single fold of white wove paper, the outerleaf pasted to the board Structure: FrenchEdges: plain cut Spine Lining: shape lost, glued, overall lining of printed waste, the joints pasted to the outside of the boards(?)End Bands: NoneBookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm rope-fibre board, no back-cornering, slips 1, 3 and 5 of 5 laced inCovering: primary cover of quarter pink calico bookcloth with blue paper on the side now under a secondary quarter cover of plum-coloured glazed bookcloth with pieced orange spanish marbled paper on the sides, turned-in over the pastedowns.Tooling Spine: none now visible Tooling Sides: none now visible Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[4],7,[1]p., [38] plates . fol.. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter purple cloth; marbled paper over boards.
Makers and roles
Jacques Guillaume Legrand (1743-1807) Louis-Pierre Baltard (1764 - 1846) Charles Le Brun (Paris 1619 – Paris 1690)