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Engraved by: Jean Jacques Flipart (French, 1719–1782)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Simon Lempereur (French, 1725–1796)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Antoine Radigues (French, worked in Russia, 1721–1809)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
After: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Author: Pierre Corneille (French, 1606–1684)
Editor: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Printer: Gabriel Cramer (Swiss, 1723–1793)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721–1777)
Engraved by: Louis Simon Lempereur (French, 1725–1796)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Antoine Radigues (French, worked in Russia, 1721–1809)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
After: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Author: Pierre Corneille (French, 1606–1684)
Editor: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Printer: Gabriel Cramer (Swiss, 1723–1793)
1764
Place of Publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 35 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each volume): 20 x 13.2 x 3.3 cm (7 7/8 x 5 3/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1750a-l
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Geneva: [Gerald Cramer] 1764
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 255; Ray 17.
Description(Geneva: [Gerald Cramer] 1764) Octavo, 12 volumes; [v. 1] 232 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v. 2] 219 leaves [lacks leaf "Avis au relieur"], plus 2 plates; [v. 3] 258, plus 3 plates; [v. 4] 245 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v.5] 218 leaves, plus 2 plates; [v. 6 (single leaf of Table bound at end of v. 8)] 223 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v. 7] 236 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v. 8] 197 leaves, plus 3 plates (plus Table for v. 6); [v. 9] 225 leaves, plus 3 plates; [v. 10] 251 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 11] 252 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 12] 205 leaves, plus 2 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped marbled calf.
Etched and engraved frontispiece with author portrait; illustrations to dramatic plays
Etched and engraved frontispiece with author portrait; illustrations to dramatic plays
ProvenanceWilliam H. Eliot; George C. Shattuck; acquired from Schoenhoef in 1921 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.