La Pipe cassée, poëme epitragipoissardiheroicomique...troisième édition

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La Pipe cassée, poëme epitragipoissardiheroicomique...troisième édition

Les Quatre bouquets poissards...suite de la pipe cassée: troisième édition
Lettres de la Grenouillere, entre Mr Jerosme Dubois, pêcheux de gros-caillou. Et Mlle Nanette Dubut, blanchisseuse de linge fin.... Suite des quatre bouquets, troisième édition.

Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Dominique Sornique (French, 1708 – 1756)
Engraved by: Etienne Ficquet (French, 1719–1794)
Author: Jean Jacques Vadé (French, 1719–1757)
Publisher: Nicolas Bonaventure Duchesne (French, died in 1765)

1755

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book(s) with 13 etchings and engravings, extra-illustrated with 12 further impressions

Dimensions Overall: 19.3 x 12.8 x 1.5 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/16 x 9/16 in.)

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

Accession Number37.1540

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

"A la Grenoulliere" and Paris: Duchesne, 1755

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 1003 [Pipe]; 1004 [Bouquets]

Description("A la Grenoulliere" and Paris: Duchesne, 1755) Octavo, three titles bound as one; [Pipe] 24 leaves, plus 18 plates; [Bouquets] 12 ll., plus 4 pls.; [Lettres] 28 ll.; modern gilt-stamped dark orange morocco

Author portrait; illustrative vignettes; satirical illustrations

ProvenanceAcquired in 1910 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.