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Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon...nouvelle édition
Illustrated by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Auguste Blanchard (French, 1766–after 1832)
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Printer: Charles Frobert Patris (French, born in 1751?)
Engraved by: Auguste Blanchard (French, 1766–after 1832)
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (French, 1621–1695)
Printer: Charles Frobert Patris (French, born in 1751?)
1796
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 8.1 x 2.3 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1621
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Patris, 1796
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 583
Description(Paris: Patris, 1796) Duodecimo; 117 leaves, plus 6 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (cream-colored phase box).
Literary illustrations. First edition with these illustrations, by Blanchard after Binet.
Literary illustrations. First edition with these illustrations, by Blanchard after Binet.
ProvenanceMaria Teresa Micheli (inscription on front flyleaf verso); acquired in 1912 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.