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La Sainte Bible, contenant l'ancien et le nouveau testament

Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Antoine Cosme Giraud (French, 1760–after 1796)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Engraved by: Pierre Adrien Le Beau (French, 1748–after 1800)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Thomas François Vignet (French, born in 1754)
Publisher: André Defer de Maisonneuve (French, 1749–1795)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
1789–1804
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 300 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 23 x 15.7 x 5.4 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1365a-l
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e., P. F. Didot], for Defer de Maisonneuve [et al.], 1789[-1804]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 935-936
Description(Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e., P. F. Didot], for Defer de Maisonneuve [et al.], 1789[-1804]) Octavo, twelve vols.; [v. 1] 191 leaves, plus plates; [v. 2] 266 ll., plus pls.; [v. 3] 243 ll., plus pls.; [v. 4] 243 ll., plus pls.; [v. 5] 275 ll., plus pls.; [v. 6] 326 ll., plus pls.; [v. 7] 314 ll., plus pls.; [v. 8] 238 ll., plus pls.; [v. 9] 187 ll., plus pls.; [v. 10] 200 ll., plus pls.; [v. 11] 151 ll., plus pls.; [v. 12] 184 ll., plus pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Biblical illustrations.
ProvenanceUnidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Deus Fides Fortitudo"; acquired in 1927 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.