Accession number
PML 61327
Published
Paris : de l'Imprimerie Royale, M.DCCII [1702].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1970.
Notes
Text within engraved ornamental border.
Prefatory leaves and leaves numbered 1-286 printed on one side only; leaves 287-289 printed on recto and verso.
Frontispiece engraved by Simonneau l'aine after A. Coypel.
In library's copy, the preface is written in manuscript.
Prefatory leaves and leaves numbered 1-286 printed on one side only; leaves 287-289 printed on recto and verso.
Frontispiece engraved by Simonneau l'aine after A. Coypel.
In library's copy, the preface is written in manuscript.
Description
[8], 289 leaves, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 44 x 31 cm.
Provenance
Edward William Harcourt (1825-1891), bookplate; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1970.
Binding
Red morocco 'presentation binding', tooled in gilt on upper board with the royal arms and on spine, attributed to Luc-Antoine Boyet.
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