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Lettres d'Héloïse et d'Abailard

Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Fournier le jeune (French, late 18th–early 19th century)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1796
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 32 x 24 x 4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2377a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot le jeune, for J. B. Fournier le jeune et fils, 1796

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 641
Description(Paris: Didot le jeune, for J. B. Fournier le jeune et fils, 1796) Large quarto, three vols.; [v. 1] 152 leaves, plus 8 plates; [v. 2] 184 ll.; [v. 3] 210 ll.; contemporary gilt-stamped pink pastepaper boards.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.