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Mémoires de l'Académie des Colporteurs
Etched by: Anne Claude Philippe, comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1757)
Attributed to: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Attributed to: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Attributed to: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
Author: Anne Claude Philippe, comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1757)
Attributed to: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Attributed to: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Attributed to: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
Author: Anne Claude Philippe, comte de Caylus (French, 1692–1757)
1748
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with ten etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 17.1 x 10.7 x 3 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Paris] Imprimerie ordinaire de l'Académie, 1748
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 210; Bibliothèque nationale, Inventaire 18th cen., v. 4, p. 150, no. 545
Description([Paris] Imprimerie ordinaire de l'Académie, 1748) Octavo; 164 leaves, plus 9 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (cream-colored phase box).
Illustrations of peddlers, and other literary illustrations
Illustrations of peddlers, and other literary illustrations
ProvenanceAcquired in 1920 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.