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Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux
Illustrated by: L. J. Lefebvre (French, active end of 18th–beginning of 19th century)
Engraved by: Jacques-Joseph Coiny (French, 1761–1809)
Author: Abbé Prévost (French, 1697–1763)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
Publisher: Bleuet (18th century)
Engraved by: Jacques-Joseph Coiny (French, 1761–1809)
Author: Abbé Prévost (French, 1697–1763)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
Publisher: Bleuet (18th century)
1797
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with eight etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.): 13.1 x 8.8 x 1.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1661a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Bleuet, 1797
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 823; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 92
Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Bleuet, 1797) 18mo, two vols.; [v. 1] 115 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 109 ll., plus 4 pls.; modern gilt-stamped black morocco.
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceJean-Anatole Eudes de Boistertre (1810-1892, armorial bookplate); Sir David Salomons Bart. (armorial bookplate); Léon Mercier (booklabel); acquired from Damascene Morgand, Paris, in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.