Reflexions, sentences, et maximes morales, mises en nouvel ordre, avec des notes politiques, & historiques. Par M. Amelot de La Houssaye.
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (1613-1680)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3221653
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24], 253, [11] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Running number: 7388. Water staining on leaves at front and rear. Provenance: bookseller's engraved bookplate or trade card pasted onto front pastedown: bust of Seneca, signed 'H. Hulsbergh sc.', with text 'This book is to be had at Peter Varenne's near Sommerset house in the Strand' [i.e. Peter (or Pierre) Varenne (fl. 1695-1724), bookseller]. Manuscript former shelfmark on front pastedown: "Y.15". Manuscript bookseller's[?] codes on front pastedown: "bxx" and "ax". Manuscript bookseller's code on front fly-leaf: "O b/c d". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled sheepskin; sewn on five raised bands; blind roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title lettered directly onto spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac (1613-1680) Abraham-Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaie (1634 - 1706) Pichet, R. Jean Regnauld de Segrais (1624-1701)