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La folle journée, ou le mariage de Figaro, comédie en cinq actes, en prose.
Author: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French, 1732–1799)
Illustrated by: Jacques-Philippe Joseph de St. Quentin (French, born in 1738)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Lienard (French, 1780)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Claude-Nicolas Malapeau (French, 1755–1804)
Portrait(s) designed by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Ambroise Tardieu (French, 1788–1841)
Publisher: Nicolas Ruault (French, 1742?–1828)
Illustrated by: Jacques-Philippe Joseph de St. Quentin (French, born in 1738)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Lienard (French, 1780)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Claude-Nicolas Malapeau (French, 1755–1804)
Portrait(s) designed by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Ambroise Tardieu (French, 1788–1841)
Publisher: Nicolas Ruault (French, 1742?–1828)
1785
Place of Publication: Kehl, Germany; Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with five etching and engravings, with ten added etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4 x 17.2 x 2.5 cm (10 x 6 3/4 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1694
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Kehl:] La Société Littéraire-Typographique, and Paris: Ruault, 1785
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 125; Ray, French Illustrated Books, 68
Description([Kehl:] La Société Littéraire-Typographique, and Paris: Ruault, 1785) Octavo; 126 leaves, plus 16 plates; modern gilt-stamped half green morocco, green marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations; author and other portraits.
An edition printed at Beaumarchais's Société Littéraire-Typographique at Kehl, originally illustrated only with five plates after St. Quentin by Halbou, Liénard, and Lingée. This copy has been extra-illustrated with the plates copied by Malapeau after the originals, and five portraits, all but one of Beaumarchais (there are two states of the Tardieu portrait). The fifth is of an unidentified subject by Dequevauviller after Deveria. In addition, another portrait of Beaumarchais has been laid in.
Literary illustrations; author and other portraits.
An edition printed at Beaumarchais's Société Littéraire-Typographique at Kehl, originally illustrated only with five plates after St. Quentin by Halbou, Liénard, and Lingée. This copy has been extra-illustrated with the plates copied by Malapeau after the originals, and five portraits, all but one of Beaumarchais (there are two states of the Tardieu portrait). The fifth is of an unidentified subject by Dequevauviller after Deveria. In addition, another portrait of Beaumarchais has been laid in.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1906 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.