Rare Books
Fan [realia] : Vive la bagatelle
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- Description
- A "conundrum fan," featuring scrolls with riddles in English and French, harp, branches, cup and squirrel on small-scale decorative background; decorative border with swags across top; lettercases with days of week to sides; stipple engraved medallion of owl ("Grave Wisdom") reading book ("Logic"), with other books behind.
- Publication date
- Jan'y 1, 1797.
- Call number
- 642257
- Provenance
- Purchased from Marlborough Rare Books, January 2024.
- Dimensions
- Guard: 25 cm (9 3/4 in.) ; Maximum open: 42 cm (16 1/2 in.)
- Associated people
- Ashton, Sarah,
- Find out more
- View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)