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Oeuvres complettes de J. La Fontaine [plates only]

Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Bosq (French, early 19th century)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Louis François Mariage (French, active 1785–1811)
Engraved by: François Pigeot (French, early 19th century)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Devilliers frères (French, 1784–about 1818/after 1844)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Portrait(s) designed by: Hyacinthe François Rigau y Ros, called Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
1814
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bound set of 26 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 21.6 x 14.1 x 1.2 cm (8 1/2 x 5 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1462
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets
[Paris: 1814]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 585-86 (1814 edition)
Description([Paris: 1814]) Octavo; 26 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red moroco, red marbled paper.

Literary illustrations; author portrait.

Bound set of the 25 illustrations after Moreau for the Oeuvres complettes of La Fontaine published by Lefèvre in 1814, plus the author portrait by Ribault after Rigau. The MFA owns a copy of the 1818 Lefèvre edition with these illustrations (37.2343a-f), with slightly stronger impressions than this set.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1916 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.