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Les Baisers, précédés du mois de mai, poëme.
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (French, 1734–1780)
Publisher: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
Publisher: Delalain (firm) (18th century)
Illustrated by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Jean Massard (1740–1822)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (French, 1734–1780)
Publisher: Michel Lambert (French, 1722?–1787)
Publisher: Delalain (firm) (18th century)
1770
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 47 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 21.4 x 14.4 x 2 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1720
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
The Hague, and Paris: Lambert, et Delalain, 1770
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 308-310; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 31
Description(The Hague, and Paris: Lambert, et Delalain, 1770) Octavo; 84 leaves, plus 2 plates; modern gilt-stamped brown morocco (Riviere).
Pastoral illustrations; decorative vignettes and tailpieces.
Pastoral illustrations; decorative vignettes and tailpieces.
ProvenanceEdmund Macrory [armorial binding]; acquired in 1905 from T. Thorp, Reading, England, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.