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Théatre de Voltaire
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Maurice Blot (French, 1753–1818)
Engraved by: Jacques-Joseph Coiny (French, 1761–1809)
Engraved by: Louis Croutelle (French, 1765–1829)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Engraved by: Bernard Antoine Nicollet (French, 1740–1807)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Engraved by: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, 1767–1841)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
After: Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
Author: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Publisher: Antoine Augustin Renouard (French, 1765–1853)
Engraved by: Maurice Blot (French, 1753–1818)
Engraved by: Jacques-Joseph Coiny (French, 1761–1809)
Engraved by: Louis Croutelle (French, 1765–1829)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Engraved by: Bernard Antoine Nicollet (French, 1740–1807)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Engraved by: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, 1767–1841)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine-Claude-François Villerey (French, 1754–1828)
Portrait(s) designed by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
After: Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
Author: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Publisher: Antoine Augustin Renouard (French, 1765–1853)
1809
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 45 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 21.7 x 14 x 3.7 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1549a-i
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1809
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 1047 (illustrations)
Description(Paris: Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1809) Octavo, nine vols.; (v. 1) [3 ff.] 430 pp., plus 5 plates; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 380 pp. [1 f.], plus 5 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff], 423 pp., plus 5 pls.; (v. 4) [2 ff] 427 pp., plus 5 pls.; (v. 5) [2 ff.] 441 pp., plus 4 pls.; (v. 6) [2 ff.] 418 pp. [1 f.], plus 5 pls.; (v. 7) [2 ff.] 425 pp., plus 4 pls.; (v. 8) [2 ff.] 510 pp. [1 f.], plus 7 pls.; (v. 9) [2 ff.] 551 pp., plus 5 pls.; contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped brown morocco (rebacked).
Theatrical illustrations; author portrait.
Theatrical illustrations; author portrait.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1920 from Brentano's, New York, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.