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Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduit de l'espagnol de Michel de Cervantes par Florian; ouvrage posthume.

Illustrated by: L. J. Lefebvre (French, active end of 18th–beginning of 19th century)
Illustrated by: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
Engraved by: Jacques-Joseph Coiny (French, 1761–1809)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish, 1547–1616)
Translator: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (French, 1755–1794)
Publisher: Jean-François Pierre Deterville (French, 1766–1842)
Printer: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)
1799
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 24 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 13.5 x 8.6 x 1.8 cm (5 5/16 x 3 3/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1593a-f
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Deterville, l'an VII [1799]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 220, 397, suppl. 1089
Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, for Deterville, l'an VII [1799]) 18mo, six vols.; [v. 1] 117 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 118 ll., plus 4 pls.; [v. 3] 140 ll., plus 4 pls.; [v. 4] 127 ll., plus 5 pls.; [v. 5] 124 ll., plus 3 pls.; [v. 6] 116 ll., plus 4 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceWilliam Gorden (pen signature on preliminary leaves); acquired in 1916 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.