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Almanach de Gotha
Estampes pour servir à l'histoire des moeurs et du costume des françois dans le XVIIIe siècle
Illustrated by: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
1776
Place of Publication: Gotha, Germany

Medium/Technique Bound set of 12 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 22.7 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm (8 15/16 x 5 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1513
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Gotha: 1776]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 13
Description([Gotha: 1776]) Octavo; 12 sheets; modern gilt-stamped half mottled brown calf, marbled paper boards.

Illustrations of fashion through a woman's daily life.
ProvenanceC. L. F. Robinson, Newport, RI; Arthur M. Brown; Clara Tice (artist and illustrator, 1888-1973--her own etched bookplate and inscription "Clara Tice 1927"); acquired in 1929 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.