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Tarsis et Zélie. Nouvelle édition.

Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Roland Levayer de Boutigny (French, 1627–1685)
Publisher: Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Musier fils (French, died in 1810)
1774
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 26 etching and engravings (plus 26 facsimiles)
Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 21.7 x 15.2 x 4.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1477a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Musier fils, 1774

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 643
Description(Paris: Musier fils, 1774) Octavo, three vols.; [v. 1] 300 leaves, plus 1 plate (and 11 added plates); [v. 2] 284 ll., plus 1 pl. (and 7 added pls.); [v. 3] 301 ll., plus 1 pl. (and 8 added pls.); nineteenth[?]-century gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceCharles de Hoffmann, Brussels (armorial bookplate); acquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.