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Tableau de Paris, ou explication de différentes figures
Illustrated by: Balthazar Anton Dunker (German, worked in France and Switzerland, 1746–1807)
Author: Louis Sébastien Mercier (French, 1740–1814)
Author: Louis Sébastien Mercier (French, 1740–1814)
1787
Place of Publication: Yverdon, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 96 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 14 x 2 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1646
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Yverdon: 1787
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 701
Description(Yverdon: 1787) Small quarto; 32 leaves, plus frontispiece and 95 plates; modern gilt-stamped marbled brown morocco (Riviere).
Satirical illustrations of Parisian customs and fashions.
Satirical illustrations of Parisian customs and fashions.
ProvenanceThe Knight of Morar (armorial bookplate); acquired in 1926 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.