Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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July 14, 03:40 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
THOMPSON, JAMES
Les saisons. Paris: Pissot and Nyon l’ainé, 1779
8vo (175 x 105mm.), engraved title, 4 tail-pieces and 4 engraved plates by Baquoy after Charles Eisen, contemporary red morocco gilt, central arms of Paul I of Russia and Maria Feodorovna
Paul I, the son of Catherine the Great, reigned from 1796 to 1801, when he was deposed and murdered.
LITERATURE:
Cohen-De Ricci 991
PROVENANCE:
Basil Jacobs, bookplate; William Rees-Mogg, ownership inscription
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