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Estampes allégoriques des événemens les plus connus de l'histoire de France

Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Jacques Aliamet (French, 1726–1788)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Jean François Rousseau (French, born in 1740)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1740–1823)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Etched by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Author: Charles-Jean-François Hénault (French, 1685–1770)
Publisher: Jacques Couché (French, born in 1750)
1768
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bound set of 36 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 22.8 x 2 cm (11 1/4 x 9 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1723
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets
Paris: Couché graveur, 1768[-1779]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 483
Description(Paris: Couché graveur, 1768[-1779]) Quarto; 36 leaves; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Popelin).

Author portrait, engraved title, allegorical illustrations of reigns of French kings.
ProvenanceHenry F. Tapley (bookplate); his daughter Mrs. Edith Tapley [Beardsell?], from whom acquired in 1929 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.