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Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Illustrated by: C. Bornet (French, active 1774–1801)
Illustrated by: François Philippe Charpentier (French, 1734–1817)
Illustrated by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
Binding by: Bozerian (French)
Illustrated by: François Philippe Charpentier (French, 1734–1817)
Illustrated by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Printer: Pierre François Didot (French, 1731–1793)
Binding by: Bozerian (French)
1795
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 100 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 22.5 x 14.5 x 4.2 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1473a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot jeune, for Janet and Hubert, 1795
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 632; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 91
Description(Paris: Didot jeune, for Janet and Hubert, 1795) Octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] 199 leaves, plus 25 plates; [v. 2] 167 ll., plus 25 pls.; [v. 3] 191 ll., plus 25 pls.; [v. 4] 184 ll., plus 25 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco (P. Bozerian jeune).
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceUnidentified pen initials on front flyleaf "E. F. P.[?}"; Albert Britnell, bookseller, Toronto, Canada (his No. 16 [new series] Toronto Second-Hand Book Circular Aug. 1923, cat. 1); from whom acquired in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.