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La Déclamation, théatrale, poëme didactique en trois chants


La Danse, chant quatrième du poëme de la déclamation
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (French, 1734–1780)
Publisher: Sébastien Jorry (French, died in 1774)
1766–67
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with five etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 21.7 x 14.8 x 2.5 cm (8 9/16 x 5 13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1396
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Sébastien Jorry, 1766[-1767]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 312
Description(Paris: Sébastien Jorry, 1766[-1767]) Quarto; 99 leaves, plus 5 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Decorative frontispiece title; allegorical illustrations of tragedy, comedy, opera, and dance.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.