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Idylles et poëmes champêtres
Illustrated by: Etienne de Lavallée-Poussin (French, 1735–1802)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Etched by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: Jean-Marie Bruyset (French, 1719–1793)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)
Etched by: Claude Henri Watelet (French, 1718–1786)
Author: Salomon Gessner (Swiss, 1730–1788)
Publisher: Jean-Marie Bruyset (French, 1719–1793)
1762
Place of Publication: Lyon, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 13 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1758.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1762
Description(Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1762) Octavo; 103 leaves, plus frontispiece; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf. BOUND with Sacy, Amours de Mirtil, 1761 (37.1758.1).
Pastoral illustrations, vignettes, and tailpieces
Pastoral illustrations, vignettes, and tailpieces
ProvenanceAcquired in 1907 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.