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Mort d'Abel, poëme
Illustrated by: Nicolas-André Monsiau (French, 1754/55–1837)
Engraved by: Nicolas Colibert (French, about 1750–after 1810)
Engraved by: Alexandre L. Clément (French, active late 18th–early 19th centuries)
Engraved by: Fréderic Cazenave (French, 1770–about 1843)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: André Defer de Maisonneuve (French, 1749–1795)
Engraved by: Nicolas Colibert (French, about 1750–after 1810)
Engraved by: Alexandre L. Clément (French, active late 18th–early 19th centuries)
Engraved by: Fréderic Cazenave (French, 1770–about 1843)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: André Defer de Maisonneuve (French, 1749–1795)
1793
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six colored etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 34.2 x 26.3 x 2.2 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2368
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 436
Description(Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793) Large quarto; 81 leaves, plus 6 plates; late nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half brown morocco, embossed cloth boards.
Literary illustrations; portrait frontispiece of author.
Literary illustrations; portrait frontispiece of author.
ProvenanceCharles [B?] Codman [signature on title]; acquired in 1923 from Goodspeed's, Boston, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.