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Histoire de Tom Jones, ou l'enfant trouvé

Engraved by: Jan Punt (Dutch, 1711–1779)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Pasquier (French, died in 1785)
Engraved by: Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705–1762)
Engraved by: François-Antoine Aveline (French, 1727–1780)
Engraved by: Etienne Fessard (French, 1714–1777)
Engraved by: Jean Baptiste Delafosse (French, 1721–1806)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
Author: Henry Fielding (English, 1707–1754)
1750
Place of Publication: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 16 etching and engravings (extra-illustrated with 16 others)
Dimensions Overall (each vol.): 16.5 x 11.1 x 2.3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2339a-d
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1750

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 394 (variant)
Description(Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1750) Octavo, four vols.; [v. 1] 120 leaves, plus 4 plates; [v. 2] 119 ll., plus 4 pls.; [v. 3] 98 ll., plus 4 pls.; [v. 4] 116 ll., plus 4 pls.; original marbled paper wraps.

Illustrations to Fielding's novel.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1923 in Newcastle, England, by William A. Sargent (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.