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  • Oeuvres du marquis de Villette

    Alternative Title
    Œuvres du marquis de Villette and Works. 1786
    Subject
    Correspondence, Papermaking, Voltaire, 1694-1778, and Paper
    Creator
    Villette, Charles-Michel, marquis de, 1736-1793
    Contributor
    Léorier Delisle, Pierre Alexandre, 1744-1826, Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre, 1749-1806, and Voltaire, 1694-1778
    Publisher
    A Londres [that is, Langlée, Montargis, France] : [P.A. Léorier Delisle], MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
    Language
    fre
    Date created
    1786
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: PQ2067 V43 1786
    Extent
    8 unnumbered pages, 156 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : samples ; 13 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    France
    Coordinates
    46, 2
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Bound in green and black mottled paper ; housed in a green two-fold folder of green cloth with gilt titling on spine ; in a slipcase of marbled paper covered boards., Vignette on title page: Papillon sculp. 1 print : woodcut ; 3 x 3 cm. -- Tailpieces., and Enclosures:...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of the Estate of Dr. Alexander Sokalski, 2018.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    specimens, poems, correspondence, books, and sample books
    Date Digitized
    2018-03-06/2018-03-08
    Technical Note
    Item received from SCUA 6Mar2018 - scanned 6-8 Mar2018. Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF -- camera height 500 1/20; 288 ISO; AdobeRGB1998.icc/bent5 tone profile. Enclosures scanned on Plustek Opticbook A300 at 600 dpi TIFFs. Digitization by PDW. Metadata by KD.

  • Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminiures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle.

    Alternative Title
    Livre de Prières Tissé and Translated title: Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and sixteenth century
    Subject
    Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinding, Manuscripts, Medieval, Prayers and devotions, Prayer books, History, and Silk weaving
    Creator
    Hervier, R. P. J., active 1886-1887, Henry, J. A., active 1878-1887, and Roux, A. (Printer), active 1885
    Publisher
    Lyon : A. Roux, mdccclxxxvi [1886]
    Language
    fre and lat
    Date created
    1886 to 1887
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: MS.Fr.2 and Call Number: BV246 L58 1886
    Extent
    58 pages ; 17 x 14 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    France--Lyon and France
    Coordinates
    45.74846, 4.84671 and 46, 2
    Chronological Coverage
    13xx/15xx
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Illustrated book on silk; [4] 6 + 44 + [4] = 58 pp, small in 4o, 43 numbered pages, plus 6 printed preliminary pages, plus 4 pages front and back of mounted silk, unprinted, text block 168 x 138 mm., one half-page, three full-page illustrations, in addition to various...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Book Arts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased from Les Enluminures, Ltd. on the MSSF Fund, 2018.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    books, specimens, and prayer books
    Is Referenced By
    From Les Enluminures website: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/MsFr2_full.pdfSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php
    Date Digitized
    2019-08-06/2019-08-07
    Technical Note
    600 dpi TIFF. Scanned on Betterlight TTI (camera height 600; 1/15; 283; Bent5) by PD. Cover and slipcover scanned atop buff coloured paper for contrast. Slipcover images at end of sequence. Ribbon bookmark placed at end of book throughout scanning. Metadata by KD.