Fables de M. de Florian, ....
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)
Category
Books
Date
1792
Materials
calf; gold ornamentation; boards; paper; ink
Measurements
13 x 8.2 x 1.2 cm
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 3220882
Summary
Bibliographic description
224,[2]p., frontis., plates. ill.., port... 18mo. With a manuscript three-stanza poem on endpapers beginning "Dear Anne, no glittering gems, no idle toy/ I give, to greet you on your nuptial day/ But simple tales of Innocence and Joy/ For these shall soothe, when those have lost their sway ..." signed Judith [D????]. With pencil note on endpaper: 14 vols ... 30/-. Provenance: inscribed on titlepage in nineteenth-century hand: "Adams". Red oval stamp on endpaper of "Williams Library Cheltenham". Pink bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: Sold by John Bally, bookseller, Homer's Head, Milsom, Bath. Binding: full marbled calf, sewn onto recessed bands; gold-rolled on boards and turn-ins; marbled endpapers and edges; series title spine label; title label wanting.
Makers and roles
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), author