Fables nouvelles, . dediées au roy. Par M. de La Motte, ... Avec un discours sur la fable.
Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672-1731)
Category
Books
Date
1719
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095118
Summary
Bibliographic description
lviii,364,[4]p. . 12mo.. Provenance: 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 sprinkled calf binding; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamp on spine.
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
Antoine Houdar de La Motte (1672-1731)