Description historique et geographique de la France ancienne et moderne. Par Monsieur l'Abbé de Longuerue. Premiere[-seconde] partie.
Louis Dufour de Longuerue (1652-1733)
Category
Books
Date
1719
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3230324
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 pts in 1 v. ([4], 386 p., [6] double leaves of plates (2 folded); [2], 390, [2] p., [3] double leaves of plates (1 folded)) : maps ; fol. Running number: 7873. With occasional marginal markings in red crayon or pencil, e.g. pp. 272-273 (pt. 1), 180-181 (pt. 2). Binding: eighteenth-century full calf; sewn onto six raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gilt roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with fillet, roll and stamp decoration; gilt title on brown leather label on spine; red painted textblock edges; wide comb pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Louis Dufour de Longuerue (1652-1733), author Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782), cartographer Cardinal André Hercule de Fleury (1653 – 1743) Bishop of Fréjus, editor Godefroy, Denys, 1653-1719, editor Le Grand, Joachim, editor Delahaye, Jean-Baptiste-Henri, engraver (printmaker) Hallé, Claude-Guy, artist Jean-Baptiste de Poilly (Paris 1669 - Paris 1728), artist