Voyage de Lesseps, Volume 1
Artist: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730-1809)
Publisher: Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1790
Binder: Blaizot
Author: Jean Baptiste Barthélemy, baron de, Lesseps (French, 1766-1834)
Date: 1790
Dimensions:
Book: H: 7 7/8 in. (200 mm); W: 5 in. (127 mm); Depth: 1 1/4 in. (32 mm);
Page: H: 7 9/16 in. (192 mm); W: 4 3/4 in. (120 mm)
Medium: Original prints: engravings (fold-out) and wood-engraved ornaments
Text: letterpress
Paper: white laid paper
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Straus Brothers
Object number: 1925.36A
DescriptionSewn gatherings case bound into red morroco bindings with gilt tooling stamped in gold with the arms of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793).
Not on view