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Oeuvres complètes de Boileau Despréaux
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Alexandre-Pierre Jean-Baptiste Massard (French, born in 1777)
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Printer: A. Belin (French, early 19th century)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Alexandre-Pierre Jean-Baptiste Massard (French, born in 1777)
Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Printer: A. Belin (French, early 19th century)
1813
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with six etching and engravings [plus added portrait]
Dimensions
Overall (each vol.; depth variable): 21.1 x 13.6 x 3.2 cm (8 5/16 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2322a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: A. Belin, 1813
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 171 (plates)
Description(Paris: A. Belin, 1813) Octavo, three vols.; (v. 1) [2 ff.] CXI, 368 pp. [plus added plate]; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 492 pp., plus 6 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff.] 379 pp.; contemporary gilt-stamped half brown morocco, marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations; added author portrait
Literary illustrations; added author portrait
ProvenanceJames Miles Antiquarian Booksellers, Leeds (label); acquired in 1914 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.