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Recueil des plus belles pièces des poëtes françois, tant anciens que modernes
Illustrated by: Adriaan Schoonebeek (Dutch (worked in Russia), about 1658–1714)
Engraver: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Publisher: George Gallet (17th century)
Engraver: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Publisher: George Gallet (17th century)
1692
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with five etchings and two engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each volume): 14.8 x 8.4 x 2 cm (5 13/16 x 3 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1918a-e
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1692
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet IV, 1168; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, XXVI, p. 37, no. 56 (Schoonebeek); Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire 18th cen., XI, p. 577, nos. 91, 93 (Ingouf)
Description(Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1692) Duodecimo; (vol. I) 211 leaves, (v. 2) 215 ll., (v. 3) 179 ll., (v. 4) 180 ll., (v. 5) 156 ll.; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown morocco (Trautz-Bauzonnet).
Two allegorical frontispieces (repeated) by Schoonebeek; two engraved portraits (added later) by Ingouf
Two allegorical frontispieces (repeated) by Schoonebeek; two engraved portraits (added later) by Ingouf
ProvenanceRobert Hoe, New York (1839-1909, his sale, pt. IV, lot 2679); unidentified armorial book label (bird with snake); acquired in 1922 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.