Contes et nouvelles en vers. . De Monsieur de la Fontaine. Nouvelle edition enrichie de tailles-douces. ...
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095020
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 12mo.. Imperfect: vol. 1 only.. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on title page: "John & Isabella" [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751) and his first wife Isabella (1670-1693)]. Armorial bookplate on title page verso: The Right Honble. John Lord Hervey created Baron of Ickworth in Com. Suff. March the 23d. 1702. [i.e. John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century plain calf binding. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red gilt title label. Brown mottled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Romeyn de Hooge (1645-1708)