Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Requires Photography

Le Roman comique de Scarron

Engraved by: Tiburce de Mare (French, 1840–1900)
After: Jean Baptiste Pater (French, 1695–1736)
After: Jacques Dumont (French, 1701–1781)
Portrait(s) designed by: Alexandre Joseph Desenne (French, 1785–1827)
Author: Paul Scarron (French, 1610–1660)
Publisher: Rouquette Libraire (French, 19th century)
1883
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 18 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32.4 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2203
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Rouquette, 1883

Description(Paris: P. Rouquette, 1883) Quarto; [2 ff.] vii pp. [17 ff.], plus 1 plate; original publisher's gilt- and black-stamped red cloth.

Reduced illustrations after paintings of literary subjects.
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.