Chevraeana, ou Diverses pensées d'histoire, de critique, d'erudition et de morale. Recueillies & publiées par Mr. Chevreau.
Urbain Chevreau (1613-1701)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3095064
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ports. ; 12mo. Running number: 7361. Provenance: manuscript initial on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title and vol. number lettered directly onto spines. Red and blue sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Urbain Chevreau (1613-1701), author Philip van Gunst (1685-1732), engraver (printmaker) Jean Petitot (Geneva 1607 – Vevey 1691), artist