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Le parrain magnifique
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Le parrain magnifique
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Author: Jean Baptiste Louis Gresset (French, 1709–1777)
Publisher: Antoine Augustin Renouard (French, 1765–1853)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Author: Jean Baptiste Louis Gresset (French, 1709–1777)
Publisher: Antoine Augustin Renouard (French, 1765–1853)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
1811
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with nine etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 21.4 x 15 x 4.4 cm (8 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1444a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1811
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 463
Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1811) Octavo, two vols.; (v. 1) lxxii, 383 pages, plus 6 plates; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 444 pp.; (Le parrain) [2 ff.] 93 pp., plus 3 pls.; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half brown morocco, marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
Literary illustrations; author portrait.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1925 in Paris by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.