Explication de divers monumens singuliers, qui ont rapport a la religion des plus anciens peuples. Avec l'examen de la derniere edition des oeuvres de St.-Jerôme, & un traité sur l'astrologie judiciare. Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille douce. Par le R.P. Dom *** Religieux Benedictin de la Congrégation de S. Maur.
Jacques Martin (1684-1751)
Category
Books
Date
1739
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3142884
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], lxvi, [2], 487, [1] p., XII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 5957. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (rubbed); gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Jacques Martin (1684-1751), author Jean Charles Baquoy (1721-1777), engraver (printmaker) Ambroise Crozat (1695-1714), artist Le Parmentier (Engraver of calligraphy) , engraver (printmaker) Jean-Michel Papillon (1698-1776), artist and engraver Gaetano Piccini (fl.1739-1744), engraver (printmaker) Gerard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1698 - after 1755), engraver (printmaker)