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La nouvelle Héloïse, ou lettres de deux amans

Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French, 1712–1778)
Publisher: Hubert-Martin Cazin (French, 1724–1795)
about 1783
Place of Publication: Reims, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 13 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 17.2 x 11.1 x 2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1677a-d
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Londres" [i.e., Reims: Cazin, about 1783]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 911-912; Dufour 396
Description("Londres" [i.e., Reims: Cazin, about 1783]) Small octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] 116 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 128 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 3] 118 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 4] 109 ll., plus 3 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf. [Included in set with 37.1676a-g and 37.1678a-d]

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceJoseph Scott [armorial bookplate]; acquired in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.