Accession number
PML 198379
Creator
Imbert, Barthélemy, 1747-1790, author.
Published
A Paris : Chez J.-Fr. Bastien Libraire, rue du Petit-Lion, près de la nouvelle Comédie Françoise, MDCCLXXXII [1782]
Credit line
Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
Description
232 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Consists of 15 short stories, many with exotic element.
Binding
Red morocco, tooled in gilt with a balloon and crowned monogram of Queen Marie-Antoinette, binding "à la Montgolfière" executed in 1784.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in unidentified hand in ink on verso of second front flyleaf: "29. Xber. 1784."
Variant title
Nouvelles historiettes en prose
Provenance
Queen Marie Antoinette; Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
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