Histoire de Charles XII /. par Voltaire. Soigneusement revue par Gabriel Surenne ...
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
c. 1855
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3257803
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 259, [1], 4 p. ;. 18cm. Wanting all pages between front end paper and contents pages. Annotations in pencil and ink throughout, including sketches on pages 37 and [260]. Provenance: in ink on front endpaper: 'Upcher' In ink on table des chapitres, 'H. R. Upcher Repton'. Binding: nineteenth-century red-brown honeycomb grain cloth over boards, blind fillets to form a border, gilt lettering on spine (torn).
Provenance
Acquired by the National Trust in 1986 with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and funds raised by the East Anglian Coast & Countryside Appeal, and an endowment from Mildred Cordeaux, a cousin of Thomas Upcher.
Makers and roles
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) Gabriel Surenne (d.1858)