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Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Illustrated by: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Printer: Henry Desbordes (Dutch (?), 17th century)
Illustrated by: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Printer: Henry Desbordes (Dutch (?), 17th century)
1685
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with etched frontispiece and 58 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 16.4 x 10.7 x 3 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1762
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1685
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet III, 758-59; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, IX, nos. 591-648; Landwehr, de Hooghe Book Illustrator, 62 (second issue)
Description(Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1685) Octavo; (two vols. bound together) 239 leaves; nineteenth[?] century gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Etched frontispiece and illustrations of La Fontaine's fables.
First illustrated edition, second issue. The MFA owns a copy of the first issue (37.1623), which has different settings of the type and stronger impressions of the plates. MFA also owns another copy of the second issue (40.590).
Etched frontispiece and illustrations of La Fontaine's fables.
First illustrated edition, second issue. The MFA owns a copy of the first issue (37.1623), which has different settings of the type and stronger impressions of the plates. MFA also owns another copy of the second issue (40.590).
ProvenanceAlfred Braithwaite; acquired in 1901 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.