Description de l'univers :. contenant les differents systemes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne : les plans & les profils des principales villes & des autres lieux plus considerables de la terre : avec les portraits des souverains qui y commandent, leurs blasons, titres & livrées : et les moeurs, religions, gouvernemens & divers habillemens de chaque nation. par Allain Manesson Mallet.. Book 6,. Suite de L'Europe ancienne et moderne /
Allain Manesson-Mallet (1630-1706)
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3249971
Summary
Bibliographic description
5v. pp. 1-60 :. ill., maps ;. 22 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Book numbers on front pastedown of each volume: 1001-1005. Manuscript inscription noting price of 20 florins. Manuscript inscription 'WB' in front of v.3. Binding: seventeenth or early eighteenth century brown mottled leather over boards; sewn on five raised bands; decorative marbled endpapers; red and brown sprinkled edges; gold tooling to board edges; gold tooled spine; 'Descr de l'univers' and volume number tooled in gold directly on spine.
Makers and roles
Allain Manesson-Mallet (1630-1706)