La Fontaine Contes et nouvelles.
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695)
Category
Books
Date
1922
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3140066
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plate . port. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection. The volumes are numbered 688 (vol.1) and 687 (vol.2) of the limited edition.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Twentieth century armorial bookplate, lettered: "Robert S. Meade".. Binding: Twentieth century half red morocco, single gilt fillets at edges; marbled paper over boards; spine lettered gilt; deckle edges.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
Jean La Fontaine (1621-1695) Fernand Dauphin (1876 - 1961) Edmond Pilon