Recueil de pierres gravées antiques.
Michel Philippe Lévesque de Gravelle (d.1752)
Category
Books
Date
1732 - 1737
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3211197
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill. ; 4to. Running number: 6116. Vol. 1 only. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. 101. plates" [i.e. catalogue code and collation note, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's code at foot of leaf: "ιη'." [i.e. iota eta' = Greek number 18]. Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; sewn onto five sewing supports; gilt zig-zag roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title label on spine. Red bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Michel Philippe Lévesque de Gravelle (d.1752) Pierre Jean Mariette (1694-1774)