Huetiana, ou Pensées diverses de M. Huet, evesque d'Avranches.
Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) Bishop of Avranches
Category
Books
Date
1722
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3090525
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiv, 436, [16] p. ; 12mo. Running number: 7117. Variant with correct imprint date M. DCCXXII. Water staining throughout. Front fly-leaf, title page and leaves ã2-3 have insect (silverfish?) damage in the upper corner. Rear fly-leaf has insect (silverfish?) damage along the head and lower corner. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript code on rear pastedown: "32 B". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto three cords; five raised bands on spine; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine with double fillet panels containing floral stamp; brown goatskin label with gilt title on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) Bishop of Avranches, author Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, abbé d'Olivet (1682-1768), editor