Shelfmark
Iaa7.3.03
Main entry--uniform title
Encyclopédie. Planches. Selections
Title
Caracteres et alphabets de langues mortes et vivantes, contenant vingt-cinq planches.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[A Livourne : De l'imprimerie des editeurs., 1772]
Physical description
15, [1] p., XXV leaves of plates : ill. ; 41 cm. (fol.)
Note
Caption title.
Note
Extract from the second volume of the "Recueil de planches" of an unidentified counterfeit edition of the "Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers", probably the Livorno edition of 1769-1778. Edition suggested by name of engraver.
Note
Plates I, V, VIII, XII, XXII signed "VB. s.", and plate XXV signed "Valentina Baratti s."; the rest are unsigned.
Note
Plates XII-XIII depict the Armenian alphabet and numbering system in columns: Majusculles (Peintes, Lapidaires), Cursives (Rondes, Majusc., Minusc), Noms (Armenien, Latin), Valeur, Valeur numerique, Numero. Descriptive text on p. 8.
Note
Plates numbered I-XXV top right and 99-123 bottom left.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Eton College Library by Manoug Parikian in 1988.
Binding
Sewn, without wrappers.
Copy-specific note
Parikian's bibliographical notes in pencil at head of p. 1.
Subject
Alphabets Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Parikian, Manoug former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Livorno.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B44732