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Abrégé de l'histoire universelle, en figures, ou recueil d'estampes réprésentans les sujets les plus frappans de l'histoire
Author: Jean-François Vauvilliers (French, 1737–1801)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Illustrated by: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Charles-Eugène Duponchel (French, born in 1748)
Engraved by: Antoine Cosme Giraud (French, 1760–after 1796)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Engraved by: Joseph C. Maillet (French, 1751–1811)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Publisher: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Illustrated by: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Charles-Eugène Duponchel (French, born in 1748)
Engraved by: Antoine Cosme Giraud (French, 1760–after 1796)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Engraved by: Joseph C. Maillet (French, 1751–1811)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Publisher: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
1785
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 99 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 20.8 x 14.4 x 1.8 cm (8 3/16 x 5 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1343a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Duflos le jeune, 1785
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 3
Description(Paris: Duflos le jeune, 1785) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 49 plates; [v. 2] 50 pls.; modern gilt-stamped half black morocco, marbled paper boards.
Illustrations drawn from classical and biblical history; engraved title and texts. Very incomplete set of the plates only from the Abrégé, published in two volumes (Histoire sacrée and histoire profane). The MFA set contains none of the letterpress text; in addition, the first volume has only 48 of 88 plates, the second 49 of 108 called for by Cohen-de Ricci. Each illustration has several lines of engraved text below it.
Illustrations drawn from classical and biblical history; engraved title and texts. Very incomplete set of the plates only from the Abrégé, published in two volumes (Histoire sacrée and histoire profane). The MFA set contains none of the letterpress text; in addition, the first volume has only 48 of 88 plates, the second 49 of 108 called for by Cohen-de Ricci. Each illustration has several lines of engraved text below it.
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.