Works
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673)
Category
Books
Date
1812
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3246600
Summary
Bibliographic description
6 v. ;. 21 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. First volume repaired on spine; some damage to spine of volumes 2 and 3. Provenance: Inscription in black ink on flyleaf of v.1. 'Frances Elizabeth Blathwayt, from her mother' [= Frances Elizabeth Philips, first wife of Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (d.1869)]; pencil inscription 'Blathwayt' on flyleaf of v.4. Binding: Nineteenth-century green leather over boards; simple borders on front and rear in gold and blind tooling; gold tooled board edges; gold tooling to spine; brown leather spine labels with title and volume number; marbled book block edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673) Nicolle, Gabriel-Henri, bookseller Petitot, M. 1772-1825. (Claude-Bernard)