Eau de fl. d'oranger double : veritable eau de fleur d'oranger d'Hyeres en Provence.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Advertising--France--18th century--Specimens.

Advertising.

Advertising--France--19th century--Specimens.

Labels--France--18th century--Specimens.

Labels.

Labels--France--19th century--Specimens.

Genre:

bottle labels (paper labels)

Ephemera.

Labels.

Physical Description:

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 87 x 169 mm

Place of Publication:

[France] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1800]

Summary:

Sheet with an engraving of two illustrated labels for bottles of orange flower water.

Notes:

Title from text of labels.

Approximate imprint date supplied from bookseller's description.

Two labels engraved on a single sheet (plate mark 87 x 169 mm, sheet 126 x 191 mm). Label at left: image 44 x 72 mm. Label at right: image 66 x 106 mm. The labels are set at right angles to each other.

Each label contains text ("Eau de fl. D'oranger DOUBLE.") above an illustration of two alembics and a plate, the whole surrounded by an eight-paneled border: a square containing an eight-petaled flower at each corner; a rectangle containing a vertical chain of flowers at left and right, a rectangle containing text ("VERITABLE EAU DE FLEUR"), from which hangs a swag and a rondel, at top; and a rectangle containing two phrases of text ("D'ORANGER, D'HYERES" and "EN PROVENCE.") with an oval between them, at bottom.

Local Notes:

Smith copy acquired for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from Bruce McKittrick with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Smith copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.

OCLC:

1511811393

Online:

The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund Home Page