Paralelle des anciens et des modernes, en ce qui regarde les arts et les sciences. Par M. Perrault, de l'Academie Françoise. ...
Charles Perrault (1628-1703)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202216
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 12mo. Running number: 5682. Vol. 1 bound in 2 vols. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of vol. 1: "M. 3. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "δ¾" [i.e. delta¾ = Greek number 4¾]. Manuscript inscription on front pastedown of vols. 1 and 2 and on verso of title page of vol. 3: "Presse G. Shelf e. No. 1". Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf of vol. 2: "Orlan. Brid.", and beneath it in pencil "= Orlando Bridgeman". Manuscript inscriptions (examples of penmanship) and doodles on front pastedown, title page, final page and rear pastedown of vol. 3, including "Orlando Bridgeman" [could be any one of a number of related Orlando Bridgeman's, but probably Sir Orlando Bridgeman (1678-1746), 2nd Baronet of Ridley and Whig M.P., who married in 1702 Sarah Dashwood, half-sister of Francis Dashwood (1708-1781) who in 1745 married Sarah Ellys, Richard Ellys's widow. Possibly Sir Orlando Bridgeman (1649-1701), 1st Baronet of Ridley, Sir Orlando Bridgeman (1671-1721), M.P. for Wigan, or Sir Orlando Bridgeman (1680-1731), M.P. for Ipswich]. Small oval armorial label (Franks 3677?) containing the Bridgeman family arms cut out and pasted onto verso of title page of vol. 1: Azure, ten roundels on a chief argent a lion passant gules, 'Richard Bridgeman' [probably either Richard Bridgeman (b. 1621), son of John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester (1577-1652), merchant and agent for the East India Company in Amsterdam; or Richard Bridgeman (d. 1742), whose widow Katherine apparently sold his library after his death]. Small anonymous armorial label (Franks 3679 or 3680?) cut out and pasted onto verso of title page of vol. 2, containing the same Bridgeman arms as in vol. 1 but with crest of a demi-lion holding a wreath of laurel and with mantling. Small anonymous armorial label cut out and pasted onto verso of title page of vol. 3, impaled arms of Bridgeman family and unidentified family (per chevron between three lion's or talbot's heads purpure) within wreath. Binding: late seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; gold-tooled spines; gilt title and vol. number stamped directly onto spines. Red and brown sprinkled edges. Head-band on vol. 3 loose.
Makers and roles
Charles Perrault (1628-1703), author