Esquisse d'un tableau historique. des progrés de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet.
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (1743 - 1794)
Category
Books
Date
1795
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3220040
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],364p.. 8vo. Former shelfmark: L.D.6. MS shelfmark on front pastedown: 1.A. Provenance: Nineteenth-century cipher bookplate, surmounted by a countess's coronet: FL [i.e.: Lady Frances Pratt (c.1751-1833), second wife of Robert Stewart (1739-1821), after her assumption of the title Countess in 1796)]. Inscribed: "Frances Londonderry the gift of her friend the Earl of Wycombe" [i.e.: a gift from William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805), to Lady Frances Pratt (c.1751-1833), second wife of Robert Stewart (1739-1821)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half green calf; green paper over boards; recessed cords; spine direct-lettered in gilt: Condorcet; spine gilt tooled with Greek urn tool.
Makers and roles
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (1743 - 1794) Grouchy, Marie-Louise-Sophie de Grouchy, marquise de Condorcet (1764-1822) Pierre-Claude-François Daunou (1761 - 1840)