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Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition, avec des éclaircissemens historiques
Engraved by: Claude Boucher (French, died in 1756)
Engraved by: Jean Daullé (French, 1703–1763)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Delafosse (French, 1721–1806)
Engraved by: Simon François Ravenet, l'aîné (French, 1706–1774)
Engraved by: C. Mathey (French, active about 1740)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Binding by: René Simier (French, died in 1837)
Engraved by: Jean Daullé (French, 1703–1763)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Delafosse (French, 1721–1806)
Engraved by: Simon François Ravenet, l'aîné (French, 1706–1774)
Engraved by: C. Mathey (French, active about 1740)
After: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
After: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
After: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Printer: Jean-Baptiste Coignard (French, died in 1735)
Binding by: René Simier (French, died in 1837)
1747
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 76 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth varies): 18.8 x 13 x 3.7 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1373a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: J. B. Coignard, for David and Durand, 1747
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 168; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 8
Description(Paris: J. B. Coignard, for David and Durand, 1747) Octavo, five vols.; [v. 1] 288 leaves, plus frontispiece; [v. 2] 251 ll., plus 6 plates; [v. 3] 272 ll.; [v. 4] 299 ll.; [v. 5] 349 ll.; early nineteenth-century gilt-stamped red morocco (signed by Simier).
Frontispiece author portrait; decorative vignettes and headpieces; literary illustrations
Frontispiece author portrait; decorative vignettes and headpieces; literary illustrations
ProvenanceH. E. Howley (inscriptions in vols. 2-5); H. London[?] inscription in vol. 1 to his daughter dated April 1828; acquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.