Veneroni, Sieur de

Dictionaire Italien Et Francois

1723 Contenant Tout ce qui se trouve dans les autres Dictionaires. Enrichi De Quantite De Mots Nouveaux; de plusieurs Phrases.... Par le Sr. Veneroni, Secretaire-Interprete du Roi, & Maitre des Langues Italienne & Francoise. Two vols bound in one. 4to. [1]f, 160, 155-500 pp; 424, [2] pp. Bound in late nineteenth century half green goatskin. Vol. I: Londres [i.e. Paris]: chez Mathieu de Varennes, Vol. II: Paris: chez Michel-Etienne David et Christophe David,With the final leaf of advertisements in vol.II. Occasional spotting. The title states this to be "Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee, & augmentee considerablement par l'Auteur". Both volumes were printed in Paris. The original fly-leaf is present and bears an intriguing inscription: "Questo Libro Apartiene a / my Lady Diana Spencer. / D-n-a S-n-r / Se-n-r." Beneath which is written: "m- rl- b-/ D of m-rlb-r-ugh / Ld P-t-rb-r-u". Lady Diana Spencer was the daughter of the statesman and bibliophile Charles Spencer (1674-1722), third Earl of Sunderland by his second marriage to Lady Anne Churchill, daughter of the first Duke of Marlborough (who also died in 1722). In 1731 she married John Russell, fourth Duke of Bedford (1710-1771), and his bookplate, dated 1736, is pasted onto the verso of the title to vol. I. Diana died in 1735 at the age of twenty-five. Her brother, another Charles Spencer (1706-1758) succeeded their aunt as third Duke of Marlborough in 1733. The third character is probably either Charles Mourdant (c.1658-1735), first Earl of Monmouth and third Earl of Peterborough, or his grandson, Charles (1708-1779) who succeeded to the titles. Who knows what was going on? With the later bookplate of William, eighth Duke of Bedford (1809-1872).

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