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Nouvelles de Jean Boccace. Traduction libre...par Mirabeau

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313–1375)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe (French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Etched by: Devilliers (French, active early 19th century)
Publisher: L. Duprat, Letellier et Cie (early 19th century)
Printer: A. Egron (French, active early 19th century)
1802
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 21 x 13.7 x 2.1 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1372a-d
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: A. Egron, for L. Duprat, Letellier et Cie, 1802

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 162
Description(Paris: A Egron, for L. Duprat, Letellier et Cie, 1802) Octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] [4 ll.] xx, 304 pp. [1 l.], plus 2 plates; [v. 2] [2 ll.] 273 pp. [1 l.], plus 2 pls.; [v. 3] [2 ll.] 243 pp. [1 l.], plus 3 pls.; [v. 4] [2 ll.] 293 pp. [1 l.], plus 1 plate; contemporary gilt-stamped brown morocco (rebacked).

First edition with these illustrations after Marillier, engraved by Courbe, Delvaux, and Ponce. One plate is signed by Devilliers as etcher, finished by Ponce. The illustrations are surrounded by medallion vignettes of more scenes.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1921 in London by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.