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Lettre d'un jeune metaphysicien, a une jeune dame...sur Le Roué vertueux et consorts.
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Le Roué vertueux, poëme en prose en quatre chants
Lettre d'un jeune metaphysicien, a une jeune dame...sur Le Roué vertueux et consorts.
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)
Woodcuts by: Jean Michel Papillon (French, 1698–1776)
Author: Charles-Georges Doucet Coqueley de Chaussepierre (French, 1711–1791)
Woodcuts by: Jean Michel Papillon (French, 1698–1776)
Author: Charles-Georges Doucet Coqueley de Chaussepierre (French, 1711–1791)
1770
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and aquatints
Dimensions
Overall: 19.6 x 13.1 x 1.1 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1380
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lauzanne [i.e., Paris]: 1770
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 253 (2nd ed.)
Description(Lauzanne [i.e., Paris]: 1770) Octavo; 36 leaves, plus 5 plates; modern gilt-stamped half brown morocco, brown marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations; decorative woodcuts.
Literary illustrations; decorative woodcuts.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1925 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.