Nouvelle bibliotheque choisie, où l'on fait connoître les bons livres en divers genres de literature, & l'usage qu'on en doit faire. Tome premier[-second].
Richard Simon (1638-1712)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3193996
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 12mo. Running number: 1160 (vol.1), 5689. (vol.2). Vol. 2 wants half title. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Manuscript initial on front endleaf of vol.1: "M. 2.vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Ellys]. Manuscript inscription in ink and underlined on verso of front endleaf: "Nouvelle" [i.e. catalogue code and title note for anonymous works entered by Mitchell in his catalogue of Elly's library]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards. Gilt pattern along board edges. Gold-tooled spine with gilt title label and vol. number. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Richard Simon (1638-1712) Nicolas Barat (d.1706)