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Engraved by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Pierre-Philippe Choffard (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738–1797)
Engraved by: Pierre Duflos (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: François Robert Ingouf le jeune (French, 1747–1812)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
After: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
After: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier (French, 1738–1826)
After: Maurice Quentin de La Tour (French, 1704–1788)
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French, 1712–1778)
Printer: J. L. de Boubers (Belgian, 18th century)

1774–83

Place of Publication: Brussels, Belgium

Medium/Technique Bound set of 50 etching and engravings [title pages and plates only]

Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 21.2 x 2.2 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent

Accession Number37.1734

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets

London [i.e., Brussels: Boubers] 1774-1783

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 907-909; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 51

Description(London [i.e., Brussels: Boubers] 1774-1783) Quarto; 50 leaves [title pages and plates only from 12-volume collected works]; contemporary [?] gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.

Author portrait, title vignettes, and plates illustrating Rousseau's works.

ProvenanceAcquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.