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Le Prix alternatif entre les belle lettres & les sciences
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Le Paradis terrestre, poeme imité de Milton. Nouvelle édition
Le Prix alternatif entre les belle lettres & les sciences
Etched by: Louise Le Daulceur (French, 18th century)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
After: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
After: Pierre-Louis Durand (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Jacques Nicolas Tardieu (French, 1716–1791)
After: Mademoiselle Loir (French, died in 1752)
Author: Madame Marie-Anne Du Boccage (French, 1710–1782)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
After: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
After: Pierre-Louis Durand (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Jacques Nicolas Tardieu (French, 1716–1791)
After: Mademoiselle Loir (French, died in 1752)
Author: Madame Marie-Anne Du Boccage (French, 1710–1782)
1748
Place of Manufacture: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one engraving and eight etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1410
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam [i.e., Paris]: 1748
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 328 ("London" edition)
Description(Amsterdam [i.e., Paris]: 1748) Octavo; 64 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped brown calf. BOUND with Mme Du Boccage's translation of Pope and her Amazones (37.1410.2-3).
Portrait frontispiece, decorative vignettes, and series of headpieces related to Adam and Eve, inspired by Milton
Portrait frontispiece, decorative vignettes, and series of headpieces related to Adam and Eve, inspired by Milton
ProvenanceAcquired in 1908 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.