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Chefs-d'oeuvre dramatiques, ou recueil des meilleures pièces du théatre françois, tragique, comique et lyrique

Illustrated by: Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
Engraved by: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792)
Engraved by: Robert de Launay (French, 1754–1814)
Engraved by: Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743–1806)
Engraved by: Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741–1811)
Engraved by: François Denis Née (French, 1735–1818)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Jean-François Marmontel (French, 1723–1799)
Printer: Grangé (French, 18th century)
1773
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 28 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 31.4 x 24.8 x 3.7 cm (12 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2381
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Grangé, 1773[-1774]

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 689-90
Description(Paris: Grangé, 1773[-1774]) Quarto; 233 leaves, plus 3 plates; modern half gilt-stamped green morocco, green cloth boards (Beet Conduit St.).

Literary illustrations, vignettes, and tailpieces.
ProvenanceHenry Abel (bookplate); acquired in 1914 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.