Les déportés, ou Cayenne en l'an VII de la Repbublique /
Melchior-Honoré Yvan (1803-1873)
Category
Books
Date
1852
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3184961
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], v, [3], 229, [1] p. ; 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 calf, with marbled paper on boards; gold on spine; gold lettered red spine-label.
Makers and roles
Melchior-Honoré Yvan (1803-1873)