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Deux contes: le vieux, la ficelle
Illustrated by: Auguste Lepère (French, 1849–1918)
Author: Guy de Maupassant (French, 1850–1893)
Publisher: Société Normande du Livre Illustré (French, active late 19th century)
Printer: Auguste Lepère (French, 1849–1918)
Typographical design by: Georges Auriol (French, 1863–1938)
Author: Guy de Maupassant (French, 1850–1893)
Publisher: Société Normande du Livre Illustré (French, active late 19th century)
Printer: Auguste Lepère (French, 1849–1918)
Typographical design by: Georges Auriol (French, 1863–1938)
1907
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 86 color wood engravings
Dimensions
Overall (with portfolio): 25.8 x 17.7 x 2.7 cm (10 3/16 x 6 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2564
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1907
Catalogue Raisonné
Ray, French Illustrated Book, 330
Description(Paris: Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1907) Quarto; 89 pp. [2 ff.]; unbound in original publisher's printed wrappers, original half green cloth, green paper portfolio.
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired from Blaizot, Paris, in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.