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Fables nouvelles
Etched by: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Nicolas Etienne Edelinck (French, 1681–1767)
Engraved by: Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728)
After: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
After: Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
After: Nicolas Vleughels (French, 1668–1737)
After: Jean Ranc (French, 1674–1735)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Jean-Baptiste Massé (French, 1687–1767)
Author: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (French, 1672–1731)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Publisher: Grégoire Dupuis (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Nicolas Henri Tardieu (French, 1674–1749)
Engraved by: Charles Nicolas Cochin, père (French, 1688–1754)
Engraved by: Nicolas Etienne Edelinck (French, 1681–1767)
Engraved by: Charles Simonneau (French, 1645–1728)
After: Claude Gillot (French, 1673–1722)
After: Charles Antoine Coypel (French, 1694–1752)
After: Nicolas Vleughels (French, 1668–1737)
After: Jean Ranc (French, 1674–1735)
After: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
After: Jean-Baptiste Massé (French, 1687–1767)
Author: Antoine Houdar de La Motte (French, 1672–1731)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Publisher: Grégoire Dupuis (French, 18th century)
1719
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 103 etchings and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 26.2 x 20.7 x 5 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Ellen Page Hall Fund
Accession Number34.854
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, for Grégoire Dupuis, 1719
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 594; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 3; Bibliothèque nationale, Inventaire 18th century, v. 10 (Gillot), nos. 31-98
Description(Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, for Grégoire Dupuis, 1719) Quarto; 204 leaves; 18th-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to fables. Third edition of La Motte's fables, but first with these illustrations, some 68 of which are after the drawings of (and mostly etched by) Gillot. The frontispiece is by Tardieu after Coypel; the other fables are engraved after Coypel, Ranc, Picart, and Massé. The title vignette is by Simonneau after Vleughels. This copy has losses on the title page and the first fable of the first "livre." It seems to be printed on thicker paper, as it is almost two centimeters thicker than the Sargent copy.
The MFA owns another copy of this edition (37.1728) and a copy of the Amsterdam 1727 fourth edition with copies after these illustrations (37.1631).
Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to fables. Third edition of La Motte's fables, but first with these illustrations, some 68 of which are after the drawings of (and mostly etched by) Gillot. The frontispiece is by Tardieu after Coypel; the other fables are engraved after Coypel, Ranc, Picart, and Massé. The title vignette is by Simonneau after Vleughels. This copy has losses on the title page and the first fable of the first "livre." It seems to be printed on thicker paper, as it is almost two centimeters thicker than the Sargent copy.
The MFA owns another copy of this edition (37.1728) and a copy of the Amsterdam 1727 fourth edition with copies after these illustrations (37.1631).
ProvenanceG. Mathias, Paris, from whom purchased by MFA October 4, 1934.