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Corps d'extraits de romans de chevalerie

Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Martin de Monchy (French, born in 1746)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Author: Louis-Elisabeth, comte de Tressan (French, 1705–1783)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Publisher: Claude-François Maradan (French, 1762–1823)
1788–89
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 19.1 x 12.8 x 2.7 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1537
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: [Basan, and] Maradan, 1788[-1789]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 999
Description(Paris: [Basan, and] Maradan, 1788[-1789]) Octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] 201 leaves, plus 2 plates; [v. 2] 195 ll., plus 2 pls.; [v. 3] 213 ll., plus 2 pls.; [v. 4] 189 ll., plus 2 pls.; contemporary gilt- and blind-stamped brown calf.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1917 from Goodspeed, Boston, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.