Cométographie ou Traité historique et théorique des comètes /
Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1783 - 1784
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188300
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 4to. Provenance: nineteenth century bookseller's ticket reading "Se vend chez Mme Ve Courcier, imprimeur-libraire pour les sciences, rue du Jardinet-Saint-André-des-Arcs. A Paris" on front pastedown to vol. 1. Provenance: nineteenth century armorial bookplate with crest depicting a lion statant with tail extended and the Talbot motto "Prest d'accomplir" on front pastedown to both volumes. Binding: eighteenth century? mottled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooled title label reading "Traite des cométés [sic]" and volume numbers on spine; marbled end-papers; text block edges stained red.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711-1796) Imprimerie royale (France)