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Estampes de Freudeberg pour le Monument du Costume
Estampes de Moreau le Jeune pour le Monument du Costume
Engraved by: Henri-Joseph Dubouchet (French, 1833–1909)
After: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
After: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
Author: John Grand-Carteret (French, 1850–1927)
Author: Philippe Burty (French, 1830–1890)
Publisher: L. Conquet (French, 19th century)
1881–83
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book, entirely etched and engraved
Dimensions Overall: 28.1 x 20.4 x 6.2 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1776
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L. Conquet, 1883[-1881]

Description(Paris: L. Conquet, 1883[-1881]) Quarto; [Freudeberg section] [3 ff.] xxix, 24 pp. [1 f.], plus plates; [Moreau section] [2 ff.] xxiv [sic, misnumbered], [1 f.], pp. 1-39 [1 f.] pp. 41-104 [1 f.], plus plates; contemporary gilt-stamped half brown morocco, marbled paper boards.

Illustrations of eighteenth-century fashion.
ProvenanceCharles Fry (bookplate); acquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.