Le val-perdu /
Élie Berthet (1818-1891)
Category
Books
Date
1851
Materials
Place of origin
Brussels
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3184923
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 16 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 vellum, with marbled paper on boards; gold on spine; gold lettered black spine-label.
Makers and roles
Élie Berthet (1818-1891)