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Monument du Costume


Estampes de Freudeberg pour le Monument du costume
Estampes de Moreau le Jeune pour le Monument de costume
Engraved by: Henri-Joseph Dubouchet (French, 1833–1909)
After: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
After: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
Author: John Grand-Carteret (French, 1850–1927)
Author: Philippe Burty (French, 1830–1890)
Publisher: L. Conquet (French, 19th century)
1881–83
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book, entirely etched and engraved
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 20.5 x 7.2 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2233
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L. Conquet, 1883[-1881]

Description(Paris: L. Conquet, 1883[-1881]) Quarto; [Freudeberg section] [3 ff.] xxix, 24 pp. [1 f.], plus plates; [Moreau section] [2 ff.] xxiv [sic, misnumbered], pp. 1-39 [1 f.] pp. 41-104 [1 f.], plus plates; contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco (Chambolle-Duru).

Illustrations of eighteenth-century fashion.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1917 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.