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La déclamation théâtrale, poëme didactique en quatre chants...quatrième édition

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: Delalain (firm) (18th century)
1771
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with five etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 13 x 2.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1397
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Delalain, 1771

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 312 (1766 ed.)
Description(Paris: Delalain, 1771) Octavo; 120 leaves, plus five plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.

Decorative title frontispiece; allegorical representations of tragedy, comedy, opera, and dance.
ProvenanceOwnership inscription on title "Gardet à Rheims"; acquired in 1926 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.