L'oiseau
Jules Michelet (1798-1874)
Category
Books
Date
1858
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3260416
Summary
Bibliographic description
Cinquieme edition, revue et augmentee. lvii, 330 pages ;. 18 cm. Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: ownership inscription on front flyleaf in pencil: 'Mary S. Blathwayt' [Mary Sarah Blathwayt (Hibbert Oates) (1834-1925), second wife of Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1824-1909)] Binding: nineteenth-century half binding in dark green leather and red, yellow and green marbled paper; marbled endpapers; red edges; blind-tooled fleur-de-lis on spine compartments; red leather spine label with 'L'Oiseau Michelet' lettered in gold.
Makers and roles
Jules Michelet (1798-1874)