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Les liaisons dangereuses. Lettres recueillies dans une société, et publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres
Illustrated by: Charles Monnet (French, 1732–after 1808)
Illustrated by: Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761–1837)
Illustrated by: Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (French, 1780–1850)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Author: Choderlos de Laclos (French, 1741–1803)
Illustrated by: Marguerite Gérard (French, 1761–1837)
Illustrated by: Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (French, 1780–1850)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Jean Duplessi-Bertaux (French, 1750–1818)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel (French, active 1787–1817)
Engraved by: François Godefroy (French, 1743–1819)
Engraved by: Vincent Marie Langlois (French, born in 1756)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Jean Louis Charles Pauquet (French, 1759–about 1824)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Simonet (French, 1742–1813)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Engraved by: Remi Henri Joseph Delvaux (French, 1748/50–1823)
Author: Choderlos de Laclos (French, 1741–1803)
about 1812
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 15 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 7 15/16 in.
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2329a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
"Londres: 1796" [i.e., Paris, about 1812]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 236; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 82 (genuine 1796 ed.)
Description("Londres: 1796" [i.e., Paris: about 1812]) Octavo, two vols.; [v. 1] 208 leaves, plus 8 plates; [v. 2] 201 ll., plus 7 pls.; early nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half marbled brown calf, marbled paper boards.
Literary illustrations.
Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1903 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.