Recueil de pieces fugitives en prose et en vers. Par Mr. de V***.
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1739
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3222194
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], iv, 275, [1] p. ;. 8vo. Running number: 7423. Author identified as Voltaire in manuscript "oltaire" after 'Par Mr. de V***' on title page. Water staining throughout. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript former shelfmark (nineteenth-century?) in pencil on front fly-leaf: "31:F:30". Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; water staining on both covers; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown sheepskin label on spine. Red sprinkled textblock edges. Comb and swirl pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778), author