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Les avantures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse...nouvelle édition
Author: François de Salignac de la Mothe- Fénelon (French, 1651–1715)
Engraved by: Jacob Folkema (Dutch, 1692–1767)
Engraved by: Pierre Imbert Drevet (French, 1697–1739)
Engraved by: Balthasar Bernaerts (Dutch, active 1711–1737)
Engraved by: Pieter Tanjé (Netherlandish, 1706–1761)
Engraved by: Claude Augustin Duflos (French, 1700–1786)
Engraved by: Jan Schenk (Dutch, active 1731–1746)
Engraved by: Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762)
Engraved by: Pieter van Gunst (Dutch, 1659–1724)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Louis Fabritius Dubourg (Dutch, 1693–1775)
After: Gabriel François Louis Debrie (French, 18th century)
After: Joseph Vivien (French, 1657–1734)
Woodcuts by: Jean Michel Papillon (French, 1698–1776)
Publisher: Jacob Wetstein (Dutch, active 1721–1750)
Publisher: Zacharias Chatelain (Dutch, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean Hofhout (Dutch, 18th century)
Engraved by: Jacob Folkema (Dutch, 1692–1767)
Engraved by: Pierre Imbert Drevet (French, 1697–1739)
Engraved by: Balthasar Bernaerts (Dutch, active 1711–1737)
Engraved by: Pieter Tanjé (Netherlandish, 1706–1761)
Engraved by: Claude Augustin Duflos (French, 1700–1786)
Engraved by: Jan Schenk (Dutch, active 1731–1746)
Engraved by: Louis Surugue (French, 1686–1762)
Engraved by: Pieter van Gunst (Dutch, 1659–1724)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Louis Fabritius Dubourg (Dutch, 1693–1775)
After: Gabriel François Louis Debrie (French, 18th century)
After: Joseph Vivien (French, 1657–1734)
Woodcuts by: Jean Michel Papillon (French, 1698–1776)
Publisher: Jacob Wetstein (Dutch, active 1721–1750)
Publisher: Zacharias Chatelain (Dutch, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean Hofhout (Dutch, 18th century)
1734
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Place of Publication: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 73 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 23.2 x 4 cm (11 x 9 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1699
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: J. Wetstein & G. Smith, and Zacharie Chatelain, and Rotterdam: Jean Houthot, 1734
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 381-382; Ray, French, 1
Description(Amsterdam: J. Wetstein & G. Smith, & Zacharie Chatelain, and Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1734) Quarto; 232 leaves, plus 27 plates; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
Author portrait; allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to story; headpieces and vignettes. Author portrait by Drevet after Vivien, frontispiece by Picart, 24 full-page plates after Picart, Dubourg, and Debrie; various headpieces and vignettes. This is the regular quarto edition; there were 150 copies printed in folio format with the text surrounded by ornamental borders.
Author portrait; allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to story; headpieces and vignettes. Author portrait by Drevet after Vivien, frontispiece by Picart, 24 full-page plates after Picart, Dubourg, and Debrie; various headpieces and vignettes. This is the regular quarto edition; there were 150 copies printed in folio format with the text surrounded by ornamental borders.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.