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Les Quatre poëtiques: d'Aristote, d'Horace, de Vida, de Despréaux. Avec les traductions & les remarques
Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Editor: Charles Batteux (French, 1713–1780)
Author: Aristotle
Author: Horace
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Publisher: Saillant & Nyon (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean Desaint (French, died in 1776)
Printer: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Editor: Charles Batteux (French, 1713–1780)
Author: Aristotle
Author: Horace
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Publisher: Saillant & Nyon (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean Desaint (French, died in 1776)
Printer: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
1771
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with one etching and engraving
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 20.2 x 13.6 x 3 cm (7 15/16 x 5 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1356a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Michel Lambert, for Saillant & Nyon, and Desaint, 1771
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 120
Description(Paris: Michel Lambert, for Saillant & Nyon, and Desaint, 1771) Octavo, four parts in two volumes; [v. 1] 208 leaves, plus plate [supplied from other copy]; [v. 2] 189 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped speckled brown calf.
Allegorical frontispiece.
Allegorical frontispiece.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.