Menagiana, ou Bons mots, rencontres agreables, pensées judicieuses, et observations curieuses,
Giles Ménage (1613-1692)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3214377.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. 12mo. Apparently wanting title-page and prelims. Former eighteenth-century shelfmark: '96' in all volumes. 'Springhill' in pencil to flyleaves/inside boards. Provenance: First leaf of printed text in each volume inscribed: "Harriett Staples" [i.e. Henrietta Staples, née Molesworth (1745-1812)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half speckled calf and marbled paper over boards, flat spines ruled gilt, red labels. Printer's waste as endleaves. Marbled paper lost, heads and tails of spines damaged, corner leathers largely lost.
Makers and roles
Giles Ménage (1613-1692) Bernard de La Monnoye (1641-1728)