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L'Agriculture. Poëme.

Illustrated by: Jacques-Philippe Joseph de St. Quentin (French, born in 1738)
Illustrated by: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg II (French (Alsace, active in Britain), 1740–1812)
Engraved by: Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808)
Engraved by: Emmanuel Jean Nepomucène de Ghendt (Flemish, worked in France, 1738–1815)
Engraved by: Yves-Marie Le Gouaz (French, 1742–1816)
Engraved by: Antoine François Hemery (French, born in 1751)
Engraved by: Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (French, 1729–1786)
Engraved by: Charles Louis Lingée (French, 1748–1819)
Engraved by: Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831)
Author: Pierre-Fulcrand de Rosset (French, 1708–1788)
Printer: Imprimerie Royale
1774
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 17 etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 26.1 x 21.2 x 4.5 cm (10 1/4 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2387
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1774

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 899; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 65
Description(Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1774) Quarto; 173 leaves, plus 8 plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.

Pastoral illustrations, decorative vignettes.
ProvenanceBouchard (inscription preliminary leaf); acquired in 1909 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.