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Idylles et poëmes champêtres
Illustrated by: Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, 1735–1802)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Etched by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: Jean-Marie Bruyset (French, 1719–1793)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Etched by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: Jean-Marie Bruyset (French, 1719–1793)
1762
Place of Publication: Lyon, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 13 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 16.6 x 10.7 x 2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1607
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1762
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 431
Description(Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1762) Octavo; 103 leaves, plus frontispiece; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Pastoral illustrations, vignettes, and tailpieces
Pastoral illustrations, vignettes, and tailpieces
ProvenanceA. Aubry, Paris, bookseller; acquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.