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Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Engraved by: Edmé Bovinet (French, 1767–1832)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Marie Alexandre Duparc (French, active 1780–1830)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Claude-Nicolas Malapeau (French, 1755–1804)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Printer and Publisher: Chaignieau [firm] (French, late 18th–early 19th century)
Engraved by: Edmé Bovinet (French, 1767–1832)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Marie Alexandre Duparc (French, active 1780–1830)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Claude-Nicolas Malapeau (French, 1755–1804)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Printer and Publisher: Chaignieau [firm] (French, late 18th–early 19th century)
1801
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 29 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 13.7 x 8.5 x 3.1 cm (5 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1635a-d
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Chaignieau aîné, l'an IX [1801]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 633
Description(Paris: Chaignieau aîné, l'an IX [1801]) 18mo, eight vols. in four; [v. 1] x, 215 pages, plus plates; [v. 2] [2 ll.] 231 pp., plus pls.; [v. 3] [2 ll.] 192 pp., plus pls.; [v. 4] 174 pp., plus pls.; [v. 5] 209 pp., plus pls.; [v. 6] 216 pp., plus pls.; [v. 7] 206 pp., plus pls.; [v. 8] 307 pp., plus pls. and 4pp. Catalogue]; contemporary gilt-stamped speckled green-brown calf (rebacked).
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
ProvenanceGabriël Warée, libraire, Paris [label]; Sir Henry John Lambert [armorial bookplate]; unidentified bookplate with initials and motto "Libertas suprema lex"; acquired in 1927 from Birrell & Garnett, London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.