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Le Temple de la renommée, poëme

Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Translator: Madame Marie-Anne Du Boccage (French, 1710–1782)
Author: Alexander Pope (English, 1688–1744)
1749
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with one etching and engraving
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 x 1 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1410.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London [i.e., Paris]: 1749

Description(London [i.e., Paris]: 1749) Octavo; 24 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped brown calf. BOUND with Du Boccage's Paradis terrestre and Amazones (37.1410.1, .3).

Allegorical frontispiece.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1908 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.