Accession number
PML 127885-88
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
A Paris : Chez Maison ... de l'imprimerie de Hautbout l'ainé, l'an iv [1796]
Notes
1st edition of Davaux's translation.
Includes preliminary chapters omitted from the first French translation (see preface, v. 1, p. vi-viii).
Most of the engravings are by Robert Delaunay, with several being avant la lettre.
Pagination: v. 1: 111 [i.e. 511], [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 525, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 182 [i.e. 482] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: 566, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates.
Includes preliminary chapters omitted from the first French translation (see preface, v. 1, p. vi-viii).
Most of the engravings are by Robert Delaunay, with several being avant la lettre.
Pagination: v. 1: 111 [i.e. 511], [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 525, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 182 [i.e. 482] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: 566, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates.
Description
4 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 21 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Marquis d'Aligre (armorial bookplate); Prince Demidov.
Binding
Contemporary glazed tan calf, gold- and blind-tooled in the style of Bozerian, with the crowned "PD" monogram of Prince Demidov.
Classification
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