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Œuvres du marquis de Villette.
- Title
- Œuvres du marquis de Villette.
- Author
- Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793.
- Publication
- A Londres [i.e. Langlée, France : P.A. Léorier Delisle], 1786.
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- Description
- [8], 156 p., [19] leaves of plates : samples; 13 cm. (12mo)
- Uniform Title
- Works. 1786
- Alternative Title
- Works. 1786
- Subject
- Note
- "Ce volume est imprimé sur le papier de guimauve"--P. opp. t.p. Issued also on rose-colored paper and on paper made from linden tree bark.
- Published by P.A. Léorier Delisle, who made the paper at the mill at Langlée, near Montargis; printed by Couret de Villeneuve, Orléans. Cf. article by Hiver de Beauvoir in Archives du bibliophile, III (1860), p. 119-121.
- Chiefly verse.
- Place of publication given as Montargis by Weller.
- Signatures: pi-2pi² A-M⁶ N⁴ O².
- The 19 leaves of plates are samples of Léorier Delisle's experimental paper made from various plant materials: nettles, hops, moss, reeds, conferva (2 kinds), burdock, burdock-colt's foot, and thistles; quack-grass root; hazel wood and spindle wood; and bark of linden tree, willow, sallow, oak, poplar, osier and elm.
- Vignette on t.p.: Papillon sculp. 1 print : woodcut ; 3 x 3 cm. -- Tailpieces.
- "Lettres diverses" (chiefly correspondence with Voltaire): p. 114-153.
- Indexed In (note)
- Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking
- Weller, E.O. Falsche Druckorte
- Call Number
- Schlosser 824
- OCLC
- NYPG89-B43011
- Author
- Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793.
- Title
- Œuvres du marquis de Villette.
- Imprint
- A Londres [i.e. Langlée, France : P.A. Léorier Delisle], 1786.
- Indexed In:
- Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 41Weller, E.O. Falsche Druckorte, II, p. 230
- Local Note
- Provenance: Anat[ole] France (bookplate).
- Local Subject
- Paper, Bark -- Specimens.Paper, Conferva -- Specimens.Paper, Plant fiber -- Specimens.Paper, Experimental -- Early works to 1800.Paper, Experimental -- Specimens.
- Added Author
- Léorier Delisle, Pierre Alexandre, 1744-1826.Voltaire, 1694-1778. Correspondence. Selections. 1786.
- Research Call Number
- Schlosser 824