Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere. Avec des notes par M. Coste
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696)
Category
Books
Date
1765
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237267
Summary
Bibliographic description
Nouvelle édition.. viii, 484 p., 1 leaf of plates:. ill.,. port.;. 4to. Accession no. 5435. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.40. Binding: eighteenth-century French red morocco gilt; triple fillet, plain sides. Spine lettered directly in second panel, large flower tool in panels. Red silk marker, gilt edges; blue paste paper pastedowns. Ascribed to N.-D. Derome on the evidence of the pallet and turn-in roll.
Makers and roles
Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696) Pierre Coste (1668-1747) Theophrastus (c.372-287 BC)