Abregé chronologique de l’histoire de France. / Par le Sieur de Mezeray ...
François Eudes de Mézeray (1610-1683)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3224936
Summary
Bibliographic description
12mo. Imperfect: vol. 1 only ; wanting all after p. 60 where the text block has been hollowed out and converted into a valuables safe store. Provenance: gilt armorial to binding [Louis XV?] ; Modern white shelfmark label with blue printing on front pastedown with ms.: 5B ; black ink stamp on flyleaf: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Eighteenth-century French sprinkled calf over boards, gilt spine tooling and numbering, red-brown spine title label, double gilt fillet with outer and inner border rolls and gilt armorial centerpiece on covers centerpiece comprising three fleur de lys in central oval, topped with crown, surrounded by two laurel branches [Louis XV?]; remains of gilt roll on board edges, red and brown sprinkled edges, green silk bookmark.
Makers and roles
François Eudes de Mézeray (1610-1683)