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Fables nouvelles
Etched by: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Nicolas Etienne Edelinck (French, 1681–1767)
Engraved by: Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728)
After: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
After: Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
After: Nicolas Vleughels (French, 1668–1737)
After: Jean Ranc (French, 1674–1735)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Jean-Baptiste Massé (French, 1687–1767)
Author: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (French, 1672–1731)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Publisher: Grégoire Dupuis (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Nicolas Etienne Edelinck (French, 1681–1767)
Engraved by: Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728)
After: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
After: Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
After: Nicolas Vleughels (French, 1668–1737)
After: Jean Ranc (French, 1674–1735)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Jean-Baptiste Massé (French, 1687–1767)
Author: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (French, 1672–1731)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Publisher: Grégoire Dupuis (French, 18th century)
1719
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 103 etchings and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 25.6 x 20.3 x 3.2 cm (10 1/16 x 8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1728
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, for Grégoire Dupuis, 1719
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 594; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 3; Bibliothèque nationale, Inventaire 18th century, v. 10 (Gillot), nos. 31-98
Description(Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, for Grégoire Dupuis, 1719) Quarto; 204 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (David).
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to fables. Third edition of La Motte's fables, but first with these illustrations, some 68 of which are after the drawings of (and mostly etched by) Gillot. The frontispiece is by Tardieu after Coypel; the other fables are engraved after Coypel, Ranc, Picart, and Massé. The title vignette is by Simonneau after Vleughels.
The MFA owns another copy of this edition (34.854) and a copy of the Amsterdam 1727 fourth edition with copies after these illustrations (37.1631).
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to fables. Third edition of La Motte's fables, but first with these illustrations, some 68 of which are after the drawings of (and mostly etched by) Gillot. The frontispiece is by Tardieu after Coypel; the other fables are engraved after Coypel, Ranc, Picart, and Massé. The title vignette is by Simonneau after Vleughels.
The MFA owns another copy of this edition (34.854) and a copy of the Amsterdam 1727 fourth edition with copies after these illustrations (37.1631).
ProvenanceAcquired from William Ridler, Bookseller, London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.