Recueïl historique de la vie et des ouvrages des plus célebres architectes.
Jean-François Félibien des Avaux, (1658-1733)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217929
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 249, [19] p. ; 4to. Provenance: eighteenth-century Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 32206), lettered: William Windham Esquire [i.e. either William Windham I (1647-1689) or more probably William Windham II (1717-1761)]. Manuscript former shelfmarks in pencil on front pastedown: "L6" written over with "H8". Manuscript former shelfmark in black ink on rear pastedown: "B6". Binding: late seventeenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn onto three cords[?]; five raised bands on spine; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine; remnants of paper label at head of spine. Brown and red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Jean-François Félibien des Avaux, (1658-1733), author Sevin, Pierre Paul, photographer Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen (Antwerp c.1644 - Antwerp c.1708) , engraver (printmaker)