Accession number
PML 88936
Creator
Colet, Louise, 1810-1876.
Published
Paris : Librairie Hachette et Cie 79, Boulevard Saint-Germain, 79, 1896.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Numerous engraved illustrations variously signed: Pouget, J. Gauchard sc., Pannemaker, J. Fagnion sc., Laly, Trichon Monucisin, Minne, Carbonneau, and E.J. Herington.
"Coulommiers Imprimerie Paul Brodard"--verso of half title.
Sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements at end of text.
"A mon petit-fils Raymond Bissieu... Louise Colet. Ile d'Ischia, 1865"--dedication p. [5-7]
"Frederic Beach Jennings Jr. Christmas 1899"--inscription in black ink on half title.
"Dyrsen & Pfeiffer, 429 Fifth Avenue, New York"--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
"Coulommiers Imprimerie Paul Brodard"--verso of half title.
Sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements at end of text.
"A mon petit-fils Raymond Bissieu... Louise Colet. Ile d'Ischia, 1865"--dedication p. [5-7]
"Frederic Beach Jennings Jr. Christmas 1899"--inscription in black ink on half title.
"Dyrsen & Pfeiffer, 429 Fifth Avenue, New York"--bookseller's label inside upper cover.
Description
[8], 368, [4], 16 p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 18 x 12 cm
Provenance
Frederic Beach Jennings, Jr. inscription ; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red beaded-line grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind, edges gilt, with green endpapers.
Classification
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Department