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Monument du costume physique & moral de la fin du XVIIIe siècle

Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Sigmund Freudenberger (Swiss, 1745–1801)
Engraved by: Eugène Gervais (French, 19th century)
Engraved by: Jules Massard (French, born in 1848)
Engraved by: Edmond Joseph Ramus (French, 1822–1890)
Engraved by: Desmont (French, 19th century)
Engraved by: E. Guénier (French, 19th century)
Engraved by: Horace Massard (French, 19th century)
Author: Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne (French, 1734–1806)
Publisher: Léon Willem (French, 19th century)
1876
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 26 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 53.2 x 37.2 x 2.7 cm (20 15/16 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2412
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Léon Willem, 1876

Description(Paris: Léon Willem, 1876) Folio; [2 ff.] viii, 74 pp. [1 f.], plus 26 plates; contemporary half gilt-stamped red cloth, marbled paper boards (original publisher's printed wrappers bound in).

Illustrations of eighteenth-century fashion.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1906 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.