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Suite d'estampes pour servir à l'histoire des moeurs et du costume des françois
Monument du costume physique et moral de la fin du dix-huitième siècle, ou tableaux de la vie, ornés de figures
Suite d'estampes pour servir à l'histoire des moeurs et du costume des françois
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Bosse (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Camligue (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749–1818)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Pierre Charles Ingouf (French, 1746–1800)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: N. Thomas (French, about 1750–about 1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Maleuvre (French, 18th–19th century)
Engraved by: Nicolas Joseph Voyez l'ainé (French, 1742–1806)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
Illustrated by: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Bosse (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Camligue (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749–1818)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Pierre Charles Ingouf (French, 1746–1800)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: N. Thomas (French, about 1750–about 1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Maleuvre (French, 18th–19th century)
Engraved by: Nicolas Joseph Voyez l'ainé (French, 1742–1806)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
1789
Place of Publication: Paris, France; Place of Publication: Neuwied, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 38 etching and engravings, extra-illustrated with 37 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 55 x 42.8 x 4.5 cm (21 5/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2410
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
[Paris: 1775; and] Neuwied sur le Rhin: Société typographique, 1789
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 352-353, 881-882; Ray, Art of French Illustrated Book, 55; Bocher, Moreau, pp. 486-96, nos. 1348-71
Description([Paris: 1775; and] Neuwied sur le Rhin: Société typographique, 1789) Folio; 34 leaves, plus 38 plates [regular] and 37 plates [extra]; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (all leaves mounted on stubs).
Illustrations of daily life and fashion; portrait of Restif de la Bretonne.
Illustrations of daily life and fashion; portrait of Restif de la Bretonne.
ProvenanceFrederick R. Halsey (1847-1918; see Lugt 1308); his sale, New York, 26 April 1917, from which purchased through George D. Smith by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.