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La légende dorée
Illustrated by: Alexandre Lunois (French, 1863–1916)
Author: Jacobus de Voragine (about 1229–1298)
Translator: Henri Piazza (French, 19th–20th centuries)
Publisher: G. Boudet (French, 19th century)
Printer: A. Lahure (French, late 19th–early 20th century)
Printer: Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936)
Author: Jacobus de Voragine (about 1229–1298)
Translator: Henri Piazza (French, 19th–20th centuries)
Publisher: G. Boudet (French, 19th century)
Printer: A. Lahure (French, late 19th–early 20th century)
Printer: Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936)
1896
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with color lithographs and wood engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 31.8 x 25 x 2.6 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Librairie Artistique, G. Boudet, 1896
Catalogue Raisonné
Ray, French Illustrated Book, 310
Description(Paris: Librairie Artistique, G. Boudet, 1896) Quarto; [3 ff.] 152 pp. [2 ff.]; contemporary half gilt-stamped green morocco, green marbled paper boards (original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in).
Historical and religious illustrations.
Historical and religious illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1933 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.