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Les Amours de Mirtil

Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Title pages by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Etched by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Author: Claude-Louis-Michel de Sacy (French, 1746–1794)
Printer: Joseph Gérard Barbou (French, 1723–1790)
1761
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with seven etchings
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1758
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Constantinople" [i.e., Paris: Joseph-Gérard Barbou] 1761

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 77
Description("Constantinople" [i.e., Paris: Joseph-Gérard Barbou] 1761) Octavo; 74 leaves, plus engraved title and six plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf. BOUND with Gessner, Idylles et Poëmes Champêtres, 1762 (37.1758.1).

Engraved decorative title; pastoral illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1907 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.