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Les Saisons, poëme

Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734–1781)
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
Author: Jean-François de Saint-Lambert (French, 1716–1803)
1769
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 10 etchings and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 13.1 x 2.4 cm (8 x 5 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1520
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam [i.e., Paris]: 1769

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 925
Description(Amsterdam [i.e., Paris]: 1769) Octavo; 199 leaves, plus 4 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.

Literary and pastoral illustrations and vignettes emblematic of the four seasons.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1906 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.