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Lettre de Sapho à Phaon...troisième édition
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Author: Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (French, 1733–1807)
Publisher: Sébastien Jorry (French, died in 1774)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Author: Adrien Michel Hyacinthe Blin de Sainmore (French, 1733–1807)
Publisher: Sébastien Jorry (French, died in 1774)
1768
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with two etching and engravings and one etching
Dimensions
Overall: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm (8 5/16 x 5 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Sébastien Jorry, 1768
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 156 (1766 ed.)
Description(Paris: Sébastien Jorry, 1768) Quarto; 16 leaves, plus plate; nineteenth[?]-century gilt-stamped red morocco.
Literary illustration; decorative vignette and tailpiece.
Literary illustration; decorative vignette and tailpiece.
ProvenanceWinston H. Hagen (bookplate); acquired in 1922 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.