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Voyage de Paris à Saint-Cloud par mer et retour de Saint-Cloud à Paris par terre

Author: Louis-Balthazar Néel (French, about 1695–1754)
Illustrated by: Pierre Georges Jeanniot (French (born in Switzerland), 1848–1934)
Engraved by: Charles Gillot (French, 1853–1903)
Preface by: Emile Legrand (French, 19th century)
Publisher: A. Lahure (French, late 19th–early 20th century)
1884
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with ten photomechanical color relief prints, folding map, text decorations, and illustrated wrapper.
Dimensions Overall: 23.4 x 16 x 2.1 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1908
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: A. Lahure, 1884

Description(Paris: A. Lahure, 1884) Octavo; [4 ff.] xxxi, 116 pp. [2 ff.], plus 10 plates; original publisher's pictorial paper wrappers (cream-colored phase box).

Literary illustrations. First edition with these illustrations, reprinted from 4th edition of text (1754). Gillot is listed as engraver, but was expert for photomechanical printing of the illustrations.
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.