Oeuvres diverses de M. de Fontenelle de l'Academie Françoise.
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
The Hague
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3236983
Summary
Bibliographic description
Nouvelle edition, augmentée & enrichie de figures gravées par Bernard Picart le romain.. 3v.. ill... fol. Accession no. 4225.1-3 Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: "Ex bibliotheca Bilg (illegible stamp on titlepage of v.1) de Contréglise", nineteenth-century inscription on free endleaf; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.27. Binding: French red morocco gilt, probably late in 1768 (watermarked 1768); dentelle border within a frame; spine lettered directly; red and white headbands; blue silk marker; edges gilt over marble; fine-combed marbled endleaves. Possibly by Louis Douceur.
Makers and roles
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) Bernard Picart (Paris 1673 - Amsterdam 1733)