Le Neptune françois.
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Category
Books
Date
1773
Materials
Place of origin
Versailles
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3221468
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10] p., 32 leaves of plates : maps ; fol. Imperfect: lacks all leaves prior to contents page. Uniformly bound and shelved with Bellin's Hydrographie Françoise (spine labels: 'Recueil des cartes François' and 'Tom. 1[-2]'. Historic shelfmark written in pencil on front pastedown: "D8". Binding: eighteenth-century full mottled calf; gilt centrepiece on boards (scene showing sailing ships in a harbour with a castle in the background and female statue in foreground; gilt lettering: 'Marine de la republique Française'); upper board lettered direct (gilt-tooled): 'Service des vaisseaux' with blind rolled pattern below lettering; blind rolled near joint edge and across corners; sewn onto seven raised cords; gilt fillets on spines; red spine labels: 'Recueil des cartes François' and 'Tom. 3'; blind edge rolled; red edges.
Makers and roles
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772