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Oeuvres dramatiques...nouvelle édition

Illustrated by: Louis Lafitte (French, 1770–1828)
Engraved by: Wilbrode-Magloire-Nicolas Courbe (French, active late 18th–early 19th century)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: François Pigeot (French, early 19th century)
Etched by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Portrait(s) designed by: Louis Choquet (French, died about 1825)
Author: Philippe Néricault Destouches (French, 1680–1754)
Publisher: Lefèvre [firm] (French, active early 19th century)
Printer: Crapelet [firm] (French, late 18th–early 19th century)
1811
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with twelve etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 21 x 13.7 x 4 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1393a-f
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Crapelet, for Lefèvre, 1811

Description(Paris: Crapelet, for Lefèvre, 1811) Octavo, six vols.; (v. 1) [2 ff.] xxxvi, 534 pp. [1 f.], plus 3 plates; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 501 pp. [1 f.], plus 2 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff.] 562 pp. [1 f.], plus 2 pls.; (v. 4) [2 ff.] 570 pp. [1 f.], plus 4 pls.; (v. 5) [2 ff.] 470 pp. [1 f.]; (v. 6) [2 ff.] 530 pp. [1 f.], plus 1 pl.; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Literary illustrations, author portrait.
ProvenanceJoseph Granville Stuart Goff (armorial bookplate); acquired in 1924 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.