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La Henriade, poëme, suivi de quelques autres poëmes
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749–1818)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Portrait(s) designed by: Frans Pourbus, the Elder (Netherlandish, 1545–1581)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (French, 1756–1844)
Author: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Printer and Publisher: Société littéraire-typographique [Kehl] (active late 18th century)
Publisher: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French, 1732–1799)
Engraved by: Jean Dambrun (French, 1741–about 1808)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Antoine Jean Duclos (French, 1742–1795)
Engraved by: Heinrich Guttenberg (German, 1749–1818)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Antoine Louis Romanet (French, 1742–1810)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Portrait(s) designed by: Frans Pourbus, the Elder (Netherlandish, 1545–1581)
Engraved by: Pierre Alexandre Tardieu (French, 1756–1844)
Author: François Marie Arouet de Voltaire (French, 1694–1778)
Printer and Publisher: Société littéraire-typographique [Kehl] (active late 18th century)
Publisher: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French, 1732–1799)
1789
Place of Publication: Kehl, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 11 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 33.5 x 27.7 x 5 cm (13 3/16 x 10 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2399
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
[Kehl] Société littéraire-typographique, 1789
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 1028-29; Bengesco 403
Description([Kehl] Société littéraire-typographique, 1789) Quarto; 314, 6 leaves, plus 11 plates; nineteenth-century red-black patterned cloth spine (gilt-stamped black leather label), black paper boards.
Literary illustrations; portrait of Henri IV.
Literary illustrations; portrait of Henri IV.
ProvenanceAntoine Auguste Renouard, Paris (1765-1853, collector, publisher, critic; his incription on half-title "Ant. Aug. Renouard. 1789."); unidentified bookplate with monogram; acquired in 1917 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.