[Two suits of cards from Jeux historiques des rois de France: Géographie, and Jeu des reines reynommées].
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (1595-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3103759
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. plates;. 8vo. Accession no. 4452. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Géographie lacking titlepage but with 52 plates in fourth state; Jeu des reines reynommées lacking titlepage but with 52 plates in fourth stage. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Elisabeth-Charlotte de Bavière, duchesse d'Orléans; manuscript inscription on pastedown of Madame Vallier; manuscript inscription on flyleaf of Robillard; Morgand et Fatout (stock no. 10072); 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.11. Binding: French red morocco gilt with arms of Elisabeth-Charlotte de Bavière, called the Princess Palatine; fleur-de-lis on corner, plain spine lettered directly "Geograph/ et/ Reynes"; blue and white headbands, gilt edges, Antique Spot marbled endleaves. Bound between 1698 and 1701.
Makers and roles
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (1595-1676)