Le neuf de pique /
Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (1804-1872)
Category
Books
Date
1853
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3184903.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 4 ; 18 cm. Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas Anson, created Viscount Anson & Baron Soberton, 1806 (1767-1818) or his son, Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson (1795-1854), created Earl of Lichfield, 1831]. Binding: nineteenth-century half blue calf, with marbled paper on boards; gold tooled spines; gold lettered red spine-label.
Makers and roles
Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (1804-1872)