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Poesies sacrées de Monsieur L* F**** : divisées en quatre livres, et ornées de figures en taille-douce.

Accession number
PML 196220
Creator
Le Franc de Pompignan, Jean-Jacques, 1709-1784.
Published
A Paris : Chez Chaubert ..., 1751.
Credit line
Gordon N. Ray Fund,
Description
[6], xl, [4], 242 [i.e. 244], [4] p. : ill. (engravings) ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
Pages [63]-64 repeated in pagination.
Attributed to Le Franc de Pompignan. Cf. Cohen-De Ricci.
Engraved vignettes signed: H. Gravelot, Eti. Fessard, Depalmeus P., J.J. Pasquier, C.B. The Morgan has two preliminary drawings by Gravelot for the vignet
Binding
Olive morocco gilt-tooled in a dentelle pattern and signed Plumet, silk doublures and gilt flyleaves, in red morocco box. For members of the Plumet family active in the Paris trade at this time see The James A. de Rothschild bequest at Waddesdon Manor ...
Provenance
Bookplate of Maurice Burrus, who purchased it at the Librairie Lardanchet, Lyon, in 1935 (viz. the Christie's Paris sale catalogue, 15 Dec. 2015, lot 174).
Classification
Century
Department