Le nouveau Paris
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814)
Category
Books
Date
1798
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3102643
Summary
Bibliographic description
6v. ; 8vo. (20cm). Pencil mark "L.B3"; ink mark "1.C". Provenance: Eighteenth-century monogram bookplate, lettered "FL" set underneath an earl's coronet within an elongated octagonal frame [poss. Lady Frances Pratt (ca. 1751-1833), dau. of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden, and 2nd wife of Robert Stewart (from 1775), cr. 1st Earl of Londonderry in 1796, c. 1st Marquess of Londonderry in 1816]. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter green grained calf on marbled paper over boards. Sewn on recessed cords, lettered direct in gilt on spine "Nouveau Paris".
Makers and roles
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814)