Contes et nouvelles de Marguerite de Valois, Reine de Navarre; . mis en beau langage accommodé au goût de ce temps' & enrichis de figures en taille-douce.
Queen Marguerite (de Valois) Queen of France (1553-1615)
Category
Books
Date
1740
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141991
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; five raised bands; spine gilt decorated and spine label gilt lettered: "Contes de Valois".
Makers and roles
Queen Marguerite (de Valois) Queen of France (1553-1615)