Lettres de feu monsieur de Balzac à monsieur Conrart.
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654
Category
Books
Date
1659
Materials
Place of origin
Leiden
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3248947
Summary
Bibliographic description
424, [4] p ;. 14 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Original book block has been cut down at some point for binding or rebinding, removing end of publication date and final part of engraver's name on title page. Binding: seventeenth- or eighteenth-century parchment binding; five cords visible to front and rear; blind tooling to front and rear; 'Lettres de Balzac' lettered in gold on spine; front pastedown lost and binding structure visible at front hinge.
Makers and roles
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez, seigneur de, 1597-1654 Elzevir, Jean, 1622-1661