Caractères de La Bruyère.
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
Category
Books
Date
1796 - 1797
Materials
Place of origin
Hamburg
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3231132
Summary
Bibliographic description
Nouvelle édition, revue par M.B. de B ... 2 v. (417, [3]; [4], 449, [3] p.) ; 12mo. Old Felbrigg shelfmarks: [in pencil at front] R2. Provenance: armorial bookplate, lettered "William Lukin" [i.e. Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham (1768 –1833)]. The first and second free endpapers of each volume have been pasted together to hide the inscription of "Anne Thellusson" [i.e. Anne (Lukin) Windham, née Thellusson (1775-1849)]. Binding: nineteenth-century calf; double gilt fillet borders; gilt tooled spine; five false bands; gilt lettered & numbered black & red spine labels: Caracteres de Bruyere.
Makers and roles
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696) Belin de Ballu, Jacques Nicolas, 1753-1815, editor Fauche, Pierre François, publisher