Oeuvres complètes de P.-J. de Béranger. Edition illustrée

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Oeuvres complètes de P.-J. de Béranger. Edition illustrée

Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Illustrated by: Auguste Marie Raffet (French, 1804–1860)
Engraved by: Henri Désiré Porret (French, 1800–1867)
Engraved by: Charles Thompson (English, 1791–1843)
Engraved by: John Thomson (English, 1785–1866)
Engraved by: Louis Henri Brévière (French, 1797–1869)
Engraved by: Lacoste père et fils (French, active 1830s–1860s)
Author: Pierre-Jean de Béranger (French, 1780–1857)
Publisher: Henri Fournier (French, 1800–1888)

1837

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 120 wood engravings and one steel engraving

Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 23 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm (9 1/16 x 6 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent

Accession Number37.1804a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Paris: H. Fourner aîné, 1837

Catalogue Raisonné Brivois, p. 52 (1836 ed.)

Description(Paris: H. Fournier aîné, 1837) Octavo, three vols.; (v. 1) [1 f.], [I]-LXXXI, [1 f.] 375 pp., plus plates; (v. 2) [1 f.] 399 pp., plus pls.; (v. 3) [1 f.] 400 pp., plus pls.; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half brown morocco, marbled paper boards.

Literary illustrations; author portrait.

ProvenanceInscribed in pen and ink on verso of front flyleaf "Adeline L. M. [Cardigan?] / July 30, 1867"; acquired in 1903 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.