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Voyage à l'Isle de France, à l'Isle de Bourbon, au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, &c.
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Colas
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737–1814)
Publisher: Joseph Merlin (French, 1718–1783)
Illustrated by: Colas
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737–1814)
Publisher: Joseph Merlin (French, 1718–1783)
1773
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.7 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1523a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam, and Paris: Merlin, 1773
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 934
Description(Amsterdam, and Paris: Merlin, 1773) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 164 leaves, plus 4 plates, and four folding letterpress leaves; [v. 2] 141 ll., plus 2 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Topographic, natural history, and allegorical illustrations.
Topographic, natural history, and allegorical illustrations.
ProvenanceOwnership inscription dated 1780 on preliminary leaf; acquired in 1927 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.