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Edmond Martène (1654-1739)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3194458
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v. : port. ; fol. Running number: 5116. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of vol. 1: "M. 5. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript inscription in the hand of John Mitchell on front fly-leaf of vol. 3: "NB. In this volume, the leaf Vu iij is put before Vu ij but nothing wanting". Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf over wooden[?] boards; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title label and vol. number. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Edmond Martène (1654-1739), editor Ursin Durand (1682-1771), editor Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659 – Paris 1743), artist Marie Anne Hyacinthe Horthemels (1682-1727) , engraver (printmaker)