Author
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de, 1597-1654
Title
Les oeuvres de Mr de Balzac. Premiere partie..
Varying form of title
Oevvres de Mr de Balzac
Edition
Derniere edition..
Imprint
A Rouen, : chez Iean & David Berthelin, ruë aux Iuifs, & dans la court du Palais., M. DC. LVII. [1657]
Physical description
[26], 383, [1] p. ; 14 cm (12mo)
Note
Signatures: ã12 ẽ2 (-ẽ2) A-Q12.
Note
Title page device (bookseller's/printer's device?); woodcut initials.
Note
Dedicatory letter to Cardinal Richelieu by Jean de Silhon.
Note
Preface by Jacques de La Motte-Aigron.
Citation/references note
CLC, B183
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century laced-case parchment, stiffened with paper; sewn on two cord supports; text block edges sprinkled red; title written in ink on fore-edge; spine label with title: "Les Oeuvres De Balzac".
Subject
Letters Correspondence French LiteratureLINKAGE
Added entry--name
Berthelin, Jean, 1615 or 1616-1672 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Berthelin, David bookseller.
Added entry--name
Silhon, sieur de (Jean), 1596?-1667
Added entry--name
La Motte-Aigron, Jacques de, -1644
Added entry--place
France Rouen.
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