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Bagatelles anonymes
Suite des bagatelles anonymes
Lettre en vers de Gabrielle de Vergy
Les Baisers
Lettre de l'Abbé de Rancé à un ami
Epitre à Catherine II
Lettre de Pétrarque à Laure
Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Illustrated by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Joseph de Longueil (French, 1730–1792)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Engraved by: Louis Binet (French, 1744–about 1800)
Engraved by: Mme E. Pithoud (French, 18th century)
Author: Claude Joseph Dorat (French, 1734–1780)
Author: Gabriel Mailhol (French, 1725–1791)
Author: Nicolas-Thomas Barthe (French, 1736/37–1785)
Author: Nicolas-Antoine Romet (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Nicolas Bonaventure Duchesne (French, died in 1765)
Publisher: Sébastien Jorry (French, died in 1774)
1765–70
Place of Publication: Paris, France; Place of Publication: Geneva, Switzerland

Medium/Technique Seven illustrated books bound together, with 16 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 14 x 3.2 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2334
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris and Geneva: 1765-1770

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 114, 308, 312, 323, 671, 898
Description(Paris and Geneva: various publishers, 1765-1770) Quarto, seven titles bound together; [1] 14 leaves; [2] 18 ll.; [3] 16 ll., plus plate; [4] 35 [of 36] ll., plus pl.; [5] 16 ll.; [6] 13 ll.; [7] 20 ll., plus pl.; contemporary gilt-stamped brown calf.

Literary and decorative illustrations.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1923 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.