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Les Tableaux; suivis de I'hist. de Mademoiselle de Syane et du comte de Marcy


Poësies pastorales
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Author: Alexandre Frédéric Jacque de Masson, marquis de Pezay (French, 1741–1777)
Author: Nicolas-Germain Léonard (French, 1744–1793)
Publisher: Delalain (firm) (18th century)
Publisher: Edmé-Jean Le Jay (French, died in 1797?)
1771
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Two illustrated books (bound together) with seven etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 22.4 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm (8 13/16 x 6 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1497
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam, and Paris: Delalain, 1771; Geneva, and Paris: Le Jay, 1771

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 797, 623
Description(Amsterdam, and Paris: Delalain, 1771; Geneva, and Paris: Lejay, 1771) Octavo, two titles bound together; [1] 65 leaves, plus one plate; [2] 117 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.

Pastoral illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1925 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.