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Roland furieux, poëme héroïque de l'Arioste


Oeuvres choisies du comte de Tressan
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Louis Croutelle (French, 1765–1829)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Mme de Monchy (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Author: Lodovico Ariosto (Italian, 1474–1533)
Translator: Louis-Elisabeth, comte de Tressan (French, 1705–1783)
Publisher: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
1788
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 19.1 x 12.5 x 3.3 cm (7 1/2 x 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1536a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: 1788

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 999
Description(Paris: 1788) Octavo, three vols.; [v. 1] 256 leaves, plus 2 pls.; [v. 2] 237 ll., plus 2 pls.; [v. 3] 246 ll., plus 2 pls.; contemporary[?] gilt- and blind-stamped brown calf.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1917 from Goodspeed, Boston, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.