Accession number
PML 125734
Published
A Paris : Chez l'Autheur, Rue de Bussy, Fauxbourg St. Germain, a la Croix blanche, 1661.
Description
[8], 96, [100], 62, [63] p. : ill. ; 11 cm
Notes
Engraved throughout; each page within double line borders.
Avec privilege du Roy.
Avec privilege du Roy.
Binding
Early 19th-century embroidered binding by Lady Louisa Strange (1788-1862) of maroon velvet with blue silk latticed inserts featuring designs of lillies on front and harp on back. Velvet panels embroidered in gold thead and wire with gilt raised bands on s
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on front flyleaf: This book was engraved on silver plates for Maria Theresa / wife of Louis XIV / daughter of Charles II / of Spain. Given to Lady Strange by Miss [Mary Anne] Cameron, afterwards Lady John Hay - and by her to her son in law Edmun
Provenance
Lady Louisa Strange; Edmund Salusbury Ffoulkes; Julia P. Wightman.
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