Amilec, ou, La graine d'hommes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiphaigne de La Roche, Charles-François, 1722-1774, author.

Contributor:

Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778, illustrator.

Sornique, Dominique, -1756, engraver.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Reproduction--Early works to 1800.

Reproduction.

Voyages, Imaginary--18th century.

Voyages, Imaginary.

Utopias--18th century.

Utopias.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Le Large d'Eaubonne (bookplate) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

xj pages, 1 unnumbered page, 174 pages ; 14 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Amilec

Graine d'hommes

Fingerprint:

sare esu- esus lara (3) 1753 (R)

Place of Publication:

[France?] : [publisher not identified], M. DCC. LIII. [1753]

Notes:

Anonymous, by "Tiphaine," according to Barbier.

Printed in Paris by Lambert, according to Fréron, "Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps" (4 juillet 1753, t. X, p. 40-51); probably printed in France, based on material, typography and paper (Orléanais).

Printed in Par

Signatures: a⁶ A-G¹² H⁴(-H4).

Engraved title vignette (by C. Eisen; engraved by D. Somique).

Woodcut tail-piece.

Type ornament head-piece and factotum.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has illegible ms. inscription on half-title leaf.

RBC copy has armorial bookplate ("EX LIBRIS LE LARGE D'EAVBONNE") on front pastedown.

RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Amanda Hall Rare Books.

RBC copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf; gold-tooled cover edges; 4 raised, gold-tooled bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; gold-stamped red morocco spine label ("AMILE"); marbled endpapers; all edges red; joints restored.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.

Cited in:

Barbier, A. A. Ouvrages anonymes, tome 1, page 41, #567

Quérard, tome 9, page 479

BN., FRBNF31472095

Fréron, "Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps", 4 juillet 1753, tome X, pages 40-51

OCLC:

922010085