La princesse de Cleves. ...
Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693).
Category
Books
Date
1794
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3237270
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. in one. ;. 12mo. Accession no. 5521. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Duchesse de la Feuillade (1684-1716); printed book label inside upper cover: "Ex libris Méniolle d'Espinoy 1729"; 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.69. Binding: contemporary French red morocco; triple fillet around the plain sides with a small sunburst at intersections. Spine gilt and lettered directly with other panels bearing the arms of Marie-Thérèse de Chamillart, duchesse de la Feuillade; edges gilt over marble, marbled endleaves.
Makers and roles
Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693).