Shelfmark
Fq.2.07
Author
Title
Supplement de la Methode pour etudier l'histoire. Avec un supplément au catalogue des historiens, & des remarques sur la bonté, & le choix de leurs editions. Par M. l'abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy.
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris, : Chez Rollin fils, De Bure l'aîné, libraires, Quay des Augustins., M. DCC. XL. [1740]
Physical description
xvi, 588; vii, 279, [1] p. ; 26 cm. (4to)
Note
In two parts; the "Supplément au catalogue" has own title page, with separate register and pagination.
Note
Printer's statement "De l'imprimerie de la veuve Delatour. 1739." on final page.
Note
Woodcut head-pieces.
Provenance
Engraved bookplate of Alexander Hamilton, Esq. with motto "Nuncia pacis" and armorial device incorporating cinquefoils, hearts and stars.
Provenance
Circular engraved bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th-century sprinkled brown calf; recent rebacking in calf, retaining original gold-tooled spine and red morocco spine labels.
Copy-specific note
Uniformly bound with a copy of the 1735 edition of the "Methode".
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted slip with ms. notes in a contemporary English hand (vol 1, p. 39).
Copy-specific note
Previously: Cp.3.21; Ce.3.06; Co.5.17.
Subject
History Study and teaching Early works to 1800.
Subject
History Bibliography Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Armorial bookplates.
Added entry--name
Delatour, Veuve de Louis-Denis printer.
Added entry--name
Rollin, Jacques, 1703? - 1768 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Debure, Jean, 1702 - 1786 bookseller.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B38938