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Histoire des rats, pour servir à l'histoire universelle
Engraved by: Unidentified artist, French, 18th century
Author: Claude Guillaume Bourdon de Sigrais (French, 1712/15–1791)
Author: Claude Guillaume Bourdon de Sigrais (French, 1712/15–1791)
1737
Place of Publication: Paris?, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with two engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 19.2 x 12.7 x 3.2 cm (7 9/16 x 5 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1525.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Ratopolis" [Paris?]: 1737
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 954
Description("Ratopolis" [Paris?]: 1737) Octavo; 87 leaves, plus two plates; gilt-stamped marbled brown calf. BOUND with Moncrif, Les Chats, 1737 (37.1525.2)
Frontispiece, and plate of "Apollo Smyntheus," both featuring rats.
Frontispiece, and plate of "Apollo Smyntheus," both featuring rats.
ProvenanceArmorial bookplate of Mr. le Bon. de Warenghien; acquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.