La Gerusalemme liberata

Illustrated by: Charles-Nicolas Cochin le fils (French, 1715–1790)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Delignon (French, 1755–about 1804)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Engraved by: Benoît-Louis Prévost (French, about 1735–about 1804)
Engraved by: Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, 1736–1807)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Tilliard (French, 1740–1823)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Charles-Nicolas Varin (French, 1745–1805)
Author: Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544–1595)

about 1784

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bound set of 41 etching and engravings

Dimensions Overall: 32.4 x 24.6 x 1.5 cm (12 3/4 x 9 11/16 x 9/16 in.)

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

Accession Number37.2397

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets

[Paris: about 1784]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 976-977; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 11

Description([Paris: about 1784]) Large quarto; 41 leaves; modern gilt-stamped half mottled brown calf, marbled paper boards.

Literary illustrations.

ProvenanceAcquired in 1927 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.