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La Secchia rapita poema eroicomico

Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Illustrated by: Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)
Illustrated by: François Marie Isidore Queverdo (French, 1748–about 1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Author: Alessandro Tassoni (Italian, 1565–1635)
Printer: Laurent François Prault (French, 1712–1780)
1766
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with numerous etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm (9 x 6 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1527a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Laurenzo Prault e Pierre Durand, 1766

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 980-981; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 19
Description(Paris: Lorenzo Prault e Pietro Durand, 1766) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 118 leaves, plus eng. frontisp., title, and 4 plates; [v. 2] 120 ll., plus title and 8 pls.; modern gilt-stamped mottled brown morocco.

Engraved titles, dedication, author portrait, literary illustrations, decorative vignettes and tailpieces.
ProvenanceUnidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Deo et Regi"; acquired in 1907 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.