Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la république des lettres. Avec un catalogue raisonné de leurs ouvrages. Tome I[-XLIII].
Jean-Pierre Niceron (1685-1738)
Category
Books
Date
1729 - 1745
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3225489
Summary
Bibliographic description
43 v. in 44 ; 12mo. Running number: 7740. Imperfect: set consists of vols. 1-41 only; wanting vols. 42-43 (Sir Richard Ellys was very ill when vol. 42 was published in 1741, and had died before vol. 43 was published). Vols. 1, 20, 37, 39 (heavy) with some degree of worm damage. Vols. 22, 23, 25, 26, 39, 40 water-stained throughout. Provenance: manuscript inscription on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. [words crossed-out] 41. Tom. 42. vol. some leaves misplaced" [i.e. catalogue code, volume count and collation note written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript price on vol. 1 front free endpaper: "30lt" [i.e. 30 livres tournois]. Manuscript initial on front fly-leaf of vols. 35-41: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf (vols. 39-40 covers damaged at foot due to water damage where touching when on shelves); sewn on five raised bands; single blind fillet border; 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. French curl on Turkish pattern marbled endpapers (except in vol. 39, which has plain endpapers).
Makers and roles
Jean-Pierre Niceron (1685-1738), author François Oudin (1673-1752), author Jean-Bernard Michault (1707-1770) , author Abbé Claude-Pierre Goujet (1697-1767), author Joseph Bougerel (1680-1753), author Bonardy, Jean Baptiste, author