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Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Illustrated by: Louis Choquet (French, died about 1825)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Publisher: Genets [firm] (French, early 19th century)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Author: Alain René Le Sage (French, 1668–1747)
Publisher: Genets [firm] (French, early 19th century)
Printer: Pierre-Nicolas Firmin Didot (French, active from 1795)
1818
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 13.7 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1636a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Didot le jeune, for Genets jeune, 1818
Description(Paris: Didot le jeune, for Genets jeune, 1818) 18mo, six vols. in three; (v. 1) viii, 277 pp., plus 2 plates; (v. 2) 319 pp., plus 2 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff.] 160 pp. [1 f.], plus 2 pls.; (v. 4) 298 pp., plus 2 pls.; (v. 5) [2 ff.] 281 pp., plus 2 pls.; (v. 6) [2 ff.] 188 pp., plus 2 pls.; later 19th-century gilt-stamped gray-brown morocco.
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.