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Oeuvres...avec des éclaircissemens historiques...nouvelle édition revuë, corrigée & augmentée de diverses remarques

Author: Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636–1711)
Illustrated by: Bernard Picart (French, 1673–1733)
Engraver: Pieter van Gunst (Dutch, 1659–1724)
After: Sir Godfrey Kneller (English, 1646–1723)
Publisher: Pierre Gosse (Dutch, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean Neaulme (Dutch, 18th century)
Publisher: Pierre de Hondt (Dutch, active 1700–1750)
1729
Place of Publication: The Hague, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with nine full-page engravings and numerous decorative engraved vignettes and initials
Dimensions Overall (vol. 1): 36.3 x 25 x 7 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Charlotte Z. and Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number1984.1000a-b
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
The Hague: P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, and Pierre de Hondt, 1729

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet I, 1059 (Amsterdam); Cohen-de Ricci 165-166 (Amsterdam)
Description(The Hague: P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, and Pierre de Hondt, 1729) Large quarto, 2 vols.; [v. 1] 238 leaves, plus 9 plates, [v. 2] 201 leaves; contemporary vellum boards, gilt-stamped orange labels.

Allegorical frontispiece with author portrait; portrait of dedicatee, Queen Wilhelmina Charlotte of Great Britain; engraved title and illustrations to author's Lutrine; decorative vignettes
ProvenanceCharlotte and Arthur Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, December 1984.