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Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Nicolas Joseph Voyez l'ainé (French, 1742–1806)
Portrait(s) designed by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (French, 1723–1799)
Publisher: Joseph Merlin (French, 1718–1783)
Printer: Pierre-Alexandre Le Prieur (French, born in 1722)
1765
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 27 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 19.6 x 13.2 x 3 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1488a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Al. Le Prieur, for J. Merlin, 1765

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 686-687; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 18
Description(Paris: P. Al. Le Prieur, for J. Merlin, 1765) Octavo, three vols.; [v. 1] 183 leaves, plus portrait, title, and 9 plates; [v. 2] 190 ll., plus title and 5 pls.; [v. 3] 160 ll., plus title and 9 pls.; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Cuzin).

Author portrait, engraved titles, and literary illustrations.
ProvenanceE. Gambart, Nice (bookplate); acquired in 1907 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.