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Le merité des femmes, et autres poésies

Illustrated by: Christophe Guérin (French, 1758–1831)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Author: Gabriel Legouvé (French, 1764–1812)
Publisher: Antoine Augustin Renouard (French, 1765–1853)
Binding by: Bozerian (French)
1809
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with three etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 17.3 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm (6 13/16 x 4 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1470
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1809

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 616
Description(Paris: Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1809) Duodecimo; 248 pp., plus two plates; contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceContemporary bookseller's label ("Chez Favre, Libraire et Commissionnaire en Librairie, Palais-Royal...."); Francis Haywood (armorial bookplate); acquired in 1913 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.