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La Peinture. Poëme en trois chants.

Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Antoine-Marin Le Mierre (French, 1723–1793)
Publisher: Edmé-Jean Le Jay (French, died in 1797?)
Printer: Gabriel François Quillau (French, died in 1752)
1769
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title and three etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 20 x 1.5 cm (9 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2344
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Imprimerie Quillau, for Le Jay [1769]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 620
Description(Paris: Imprimerie Quillau, for Le Jay [1769]) Quarto; 52 leaves, plus title and 3 plates; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped dark blue paper boards.

Engraved title with portrait, literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.