Le Neptune oriental, / dédié au Roi par M. D'Après de Mannevillette, ...
Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780)
Category
Books
Date
1775
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3221355
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], x p., 194 columns, [3] p., [1], 59 [i.e. 63?] leaves of plates (some double) : ill., maps ; fol. Historic shelfmark written in pencil on front pastedown: "D8". Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; upper board lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'Marine Service des vaisseaux du Roy No. LIII'; centrepiece (coat of arms?) removed from upper and lower boards (traces of gilt visible on upper board);sewn onto six raised cords; gilt-stamped anchors on spine; red spine label: 'Le Neptune Oriental Mannevillette'; red edges.
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) , author Guillaume Nicolas de la Haye (1725-1802), engraver (printmaker)