Théâtre...avec des commentaires, et autres morceaux intéressans. Nouvelle édition, augmentée.

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Théâtre...avec des commentaires, et autres morceaux intéressans. Nouvelle édition, augmentée.

Engraved by: Jean Jacques Flipart (French, 1719–1782)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Simon Lempereur (French, 1725–1796)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Antoine Radigues (French, worked in Russia, 1721–1809)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Author: Pierre Corneille (French, 1606–1684)
Editor: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)

1774

Place of Publication: Geneva, Switzerland

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 35 etching and engravings

Dimensions Overall (each volume): 26.5 x 21.3 x 3.4 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent

Accession Number37.1695a-h

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Geneva: 1774

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 255-56

Description(Geneva: 1774) Quarto, eight volumes; [v. 1] 292 leaves, plus 5 plates; [v. 2] 264 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 3] 269 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 4] 292 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 5] 256 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 6] 306 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 7] 320 leaves, plus 6 plates; [v. 8] 262 leaves, plus 4 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled calf (tree pattern).

Frontispiece with author portrait; illustrations of Corneille's plays, surrounded by ornamental borders

ProvenanceAcquired in 1921 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.