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Figures de l'histoire de France
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735–1784)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783)
Engraved by: Louis Garreau (French, active 1770–1811)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: G. Texier (French, active 1750–1778)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Pierre Gabriel Langlois (French, 1754–about 1810)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Racine (French, born in 1747)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Author: Jean-Jacques Garnier (French, 1729–1805)
Printer: Pierre Guillaume Simon (French, 1722–1787)
Illustrated by: Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (French, 1735–1784)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783)
Engraved by: Louis Garreau (French, active 1770–1811)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: G. Texier (French, active 1750–1778)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Pierre Gabriel Langlois (French, 1754–about 1810)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Racine (French, born in 1747)
Engraved by: Georges Malbeste (French, 1754–1843)
Engraved by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Author: Jean-Jacques Garnier (French, 1729–1805)
Printer: Pierre Guillaume Simon (French, 1722–1787)
1778–90
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 170 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 23.8 x 20.1 x 5 cm (9 3/8 x 7 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Paris: Moreau, 1778-about 1790]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 425-426, 737; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 53
Description([Paris: Moreau, 1778-about 1790]) Quarto; 5 leaves letterpress, 8 manuscript leaves, plus 170 plates; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
Historical illustrations; allegorical frontispiece.
Historical illustrations; allegorical frontispiece.
ProvenanceAlfred Henry Lewis, sale American Art Association, New York, 1 December 1915 (donor's note on preliminary leaf); Henry F. Tapley (bookplate); his daughter Mrs. Edith T. Beardsell, from whom acquired in 1929 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.