Accession number
PML 141814
Creator
Gay, John, 1685-1732, author.
Published
[Paris] : Bibliophiles franco-suisses, 1934.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated with 38 etched aquatint plates (including cover design and title page vignette) and numerous wood engraved head- and tail- piece ornaments throughout the text.
Plates included in pagination.
Edition of 115 copies.
Library's copy is no. 19, printed for Le comte Max de Chamberet.
"Il fut imprimé sur les presses a bras de Fequet et Baudier. Les cuivres furent tirés chez Ad. Valcke."--Colophon.
Plates included in pagination.
Edition of 115 copies.
Library's copy is no. 19, printed for Le comte Max de Chamberet.
"Il fut imprimé sur les presses a bras de Fequet et Baudier. Les cuivres furent tirés chez Ad. Valcke."--Colophon.
Description
140 pages : illustrations (aquatint) ; 32 x 25 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full brown panelled morocco with brown brocade doublure by Creuzevelt, original wrappers bound in, in matching chemise and slipcase, with two metal printing plates etched with Idels's designs set into the sides of the case.
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