Dictionnaire des monogrammes, chifres [sic], lettres initiales, logogryphes, rébus &c. Sous lesquels les plus célébres peintres, graveurs, & dessinateurs ont déguisé leurs noms. Traduit de l'Allemand de M. Christ, professeur dans l'Univers. de Leipsick, & augmenté de plusieurs supplemens. Par M**. de l'Acad. Imp. & de la Soc. Roy. de Londres.
Johann Friedrich Christ (1700-1756)
Category
Books
Date
1754
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3211594
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xxiv, lv, [1], 378, [36] p., VI folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on front pastedown: "Aa3" (crossed out). Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on rear pastedown: "H3" (crossed out). Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto five sewing supports; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Johann Friedrich Christ (1700-1756), author Godefroy Sellius, editor Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (1702 - 1760), artist and engraver Jean Lattré, engraver (printmaker)