L'art d'orner l'esprit en l'amusant, ou Nouveau choix de traits, vifs, faillans & legers, foit en vers, foit en prose, & de morceaux d'histoires singulieres. Dedié à Monseigneur Le Blanc, Ministre de la Guerre. Par Monsieur Gayot de Pitaval. ...
François Gayot de Pitaval (1673-1743)
Category
Books
Date
1732
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3224561
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 pts. in 2 v. ; 12mo. Running number: 7685. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2. vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code at foot of leaf: "β'." [i.e. beta' = Greek number 2]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three cords; five raised bands; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on brown leather label and gilt vol. number on spines. Red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
François Gayot de Pitaval (1673-1743)