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Les Nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre
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After: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
After: Balthazar Anton Dunker (German, worked in France and Switzerland, 1746–1807)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Matthias Gottfried Eichler (German, 1748–after 1818)
Engraved by: Benoît Louis Henriquez (French, 1732–1806)
Engraved by: Marie Elisabeth Thibault (Swiss, 18th century)
Author: Queen Marguerite of Navarre (French, 1492–1549)
Printer: Nouvelle Société Typographique
After: Balthazar Anton Dunker (German, worked in France and Switzerland, 1746–1807)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (German, 1743–1790)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Matthias Gottfried Eichler (German, 1748–after 1818)
Engraved by: Benoît Louis Henriquez (French, 1732–1806)
Engraved by: Marie Elisabeth Thibault (Swiss, 18th century)
Author: Queen Marguerite of Navarre (French, 1492–1549)
Printer: Nouvelle Société Typographique
1780–81
Place of Publication: Berne, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 220 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Other (each volume): 19.6 x 12.5 x 3.3 cm (7 11/16 x 4 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1486a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Berne: Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1780-1781
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 680-81; Ray 66
Description(Berne: Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1780-1781) Octavo, three volumes; [v. 1] 163 leaves, plus 22 plates; [v. 2] 156 leaves, plus 26 plates [one repeated]; [v. 3] 128 leaves, plus 28 plates; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Lortic).
Illustrations to pastoral, amatory, and moralized stories by Marguerite of Navarre.
Illustrations to pastoral, amatory, and moralized stories by Marguerite of Navarre.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1910 from Sotheran, London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.