Description des principales pierres gravées du cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans, premier prince du sang.
François Arnaud (1721-1784)
Category
Books
Date
1780 - 1784
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237269
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v.:. ill.;. 4to. Accession no. 4605. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: manuscript note on flyleaf : G.-M. Le Blond; William Beckford; Alexander, tenth duke of Hamilton, sold by the twelfth duke (Sotheby's sale, June 1882, pt. 2, lot 1407); bought by Quaritch for £71; manuscript note "H. Destailleur" (sale 1896, lot 880); bought by Morgand et Fatoutfor 2,100 francs and sold to Baron Ferdinand for 2,000 francs + 15% commission. Binding: French red morocco with outer frame of four rolls with small ornaments in corners and at mid-point; green lettering-piece on spine, entitled "Culs/ de/ lampes/ et/vignette"; small floral ornament and pallet. Red, white and blue headbands; edges gilt; blue silk marker and linings. Bound by Alexis-Pierre Bradel, before 1793.
Makers and roles
François Arnaud (1721-1784) Henrin Coquille (d.1808) abbé Géraud de La Chau (b.1750?) Abbé Gaspard Michel Le Blond (1738-1809)