Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Requires Photography

Abrégé de l'histoire romaine, orné de 49 estampes gravées en taille-douce

Illustrated by: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Illustrated by: Benjamin Samuel Bolomey (Swiss, 1739–1819)
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Charles Piauger (French, active late 18th century)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Aveline (French, 1702–1760)
Engraved by: François-Antoine Aveline (French, 1727–1780)
Engraved by: Pierre Chenu (French, born in 1730)
Engraved by: Pierre-François Courtois (French, 1736–1763)
Engraved by: Charles Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804)
Engraved by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Levesque (French, 1727–1812)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste de Lorraine (French, born in 1737)
Engraved by: Elie du Mesnil (French, born about 1728)
Engraved by: Jean Pelletier (French, born in 1736)
Engraved by: Nicolas Ransonnette (French, 1745–1810)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Pierre François Tardieu (French, 1711–1771)
Author: Abbé Claude-François Xavier Millot (French, 1726–1785)
Publisher: Nyon (French, 18th century)
1789
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 49 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 29.7 x 22.5 x 3.7 cm (11 11/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2356
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Nyon l'aîné et fils, 1789

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 1-2
Description(Paris: Nyon l'aîné et fils, 1789) Quarto; 100 leaves, plus 49 plates (some folding); contemporary gilt-stamped marbled brown calf.

Illustrations of events in Roman history, topographical views.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.