Temple de Gnide

TitleTemple de Gnide
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1772
Authorsbaron de Montesquieu, C de S
EditionNew ed.
Other CitationChristies catalogue 7590 (sale of Lord and Lady Iliffe), 4 June 2008, lot 308 (illustrated)
BindingBound in red goatskin by Derome le jeune to a dentelle design in gold with stamp 4 in gold on the covers
BinderDerôme le jeune
Stamp(s): 
Charlotte Sophia, Queen Consort of George III (1744 - 1818) (Stamp 4)
Dimensions:
Arms Two coats side by side 1. Quarterly 1 & 4. France and England quarterly 2. Scotland 3. Ireland 2. Quarterly of six 1. A bull's head caboshed ringed (Mecklenburg) 2. A griffin segreant (Wenden) 3. On a chief a griffin segreant (Principality of Schwerin) 4. A cross patty (Ratzeburg) 5. An arm in armour embowed out of a cloud in sinister chief holding an annulet (County of Schwerin) 6. A bull's head caboshed in bend sinister ringed (Rostock) over all on an escutcheon of pretence Per fess (Stargard) Crown An imperial crown
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