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Les cent nouvelles nouvelles

Author: Louis XI (French, 1423–1483)
Engraved by: Gilliam Willem van der Gouwen (Dutch, 1650–about 1720)
Engraved by: Jan van Vianen (Dutch, about 1660–about 1726)
Engraved by: Lorenz Scherm (Dutch, active around 1700)
After: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645–1708)
Publisher: Pierre Gaillard (Dutch, 18th century)
1701
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 103 engravings
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 15.7 x 10.6 x 3 cm (6 3/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1640a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Cologne [i.e., Amsterdam]: Pierre Gaillard, 1701

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 658; Landwehr, De Hooghe as Book Illustrator, 94; Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, v. 9 (de Hooghe), nos. 491-590
Description(Cologne [i.e., Amsterdam]: Pierre Gaillard, 1701) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 215 leaves, [v. 2] 207 ll.; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (Riviere & Son)

Allegorical frontispiece; illustrations to short stories
ProvenanceRobson & Kerslake Booksellers, London; acquired in 1901 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.