Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, avec des notes par M. Coste. Tome I[-II].
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
Category
Books
Date
1783
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3202322
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 12mo. Running number: 510. Leaves H5 and H8 in vol. 1 partially cut out. Bifolium containing leaves H6-7 in vol. 1 loose and torn. Leaves B5 and E5 in vol. 2 partially cut out. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf in both vols: "Caroline Hobart March 1783" [i.e. Lady Caroline Hans Hobart (1767-1850), daughter of John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire]. Armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks) in vol. 2 (torn out in vol. 1): anonymous, arms of Hobart quartering Drury, with manuscript inscription at foot: "L[ad]y: Caroline H: Hobart" [i.e. Caroline Hans Hobart (1767-1850)]. Pencil inscription on verso of front free endpaper in vol. 1: "Vol. I only". With occasional manuscript marginal annotations and markings in ink and pencil, in both English and French, probably written by Lady Caroline Hobart. $zBinding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf with marbled pattern; gilt Greek key roll pattern border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; gilt Greek key roll pattern on turn-ins; recessed cords; gold-tooled spines, with gilt title and vol. number on red morocco labels. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696) Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC) Pierre Coste (1668-1747) Pierre Coste (1668-1747)