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Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile
Illustrated by: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)
Illustrated by: Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)
Illustrated by: Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, 1727–1791)
Illustrated by: Louis-Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804)
Illustrated by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, 1735–1813)
Illustrated by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Laurent Auvray (French, born in 1736)
Illustrated by: Carl W. Weisbrod
Author: Dominique Vivant Denon (French, 1747–1825)
Publisher: Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, 1727–1791)
Printer: Jacques Gabriel Clousier (French, died in 1804)
Illustrated by: Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)
Illustrated by: Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, 1727–1791)
Illustrated by: Louis-Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804)
Illustrated by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, 1735–1813)
Illustrated by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Laurent Auvray (French, born in 1736)
Illustrated by: Carl W. Weisbrod
Author: Dominique Vivant Denon (French, 1747–1825)
Publisher: Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non (French, 1727–1791)
Printer: Jacques Gabriel Clousier (French, died in 1804)
1781–86
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 423 etching and engravings, some in two colors
Dimensions
Overall (vol. 1): 52 x 35.3 x 6 cm (20 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James M. Hunnewell
Accession NumberBR3116.1-.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Clousier [for Saint-Non], 1781[-1786]
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 55-56; Cohen-de Ricci 928-929; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 34
Description(Paris: Clousier [for Saint-Non], 1781[-1786]) Folio, four volumes in five; [v. 1] 136 leaves, plus plates and maps (some folded); [v. 2] 162 ll., plus pls. and maps; [v. 3] 136 ll., plus pls. and maps; [v. 4, pt. 1] 147 ll., plus pls.; [v. 4, pt. 2] 87 ll., plus pls. and maps; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (rebacked).
Illustrations of views in Italy and Sicily, buildings, events (such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and various festivals), works of art, etc.; decorative vignettes; maps and plans; engraved dedication.
Illustrations of views in Italy and Sicily, buildings, events (such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and various festivals), works of art, etc.; decorative vignettes; maps and plans; engraved dedication.
ProvenanceJames Frothingham Hunnewell (bookplate); accessioned as "found in Department, has been here 10 years or more" as of March 22, 1943.